👉 Mercurean is a scientific concept in physics that describes the behavior of light as it travels through a medium. It is also known as the electromagnetic radiation wavelength, which refers to the distance between two consecutive spectral lines on an electromagnetic spectrum diagram. The term "mercurean" is derived from the Greek word "mercurus," meaning "light." This concept was first described by Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica (1687), and it became a central concept in modern physics