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amalgamation

 
Dictionary: a·mal·ga·ma·tion   (ə-măl'gə-mā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of amalgamating or the condition resulting from this act.
  2. A consolidation or merger, as of several corporations.
  3. The production of a metal alloy of mercury.

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(əmal′gəmā′shən)
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The formation of an alloy by mixing mercury with another metal or other metals. See also trituration.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the combination of two or more commercial companies
  Synonyms: merger, uniting


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In general, amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting entities into one form.

Amalgamate and its derivatives may refer to:

  • Amalgamation (mining) or patio process, the process of separating precious metals from ore
    • Amalgamation combines mercury and another element to create amalgam, used in dentistry, chemistry, and mining
  • Amalgamation (business), the merge or consolidation of companies
    • Amalgamation, another name for a trade union, chiefly used in the United Kingdom
  • Amalgamation (politics), in geopolitics, refers to the joining of two or more administrative units
  • Amalgamation (names), the strategy of naming something after a combination of existing names
  • Amalgamation (fiction), the concept of creating an element in a work of fiction by combining existing things
  • Amalgamation (history), a now largely archaic term for the interbreeding of people of different ethnicities and "races"
  • Amalgamation (military unit), the consolidation of military units, usually traditional regiments, into a new unit carrying the lineage, history, traditions, and identity of both
  • Amalgamation, an EP released by the band Pop Will Eat Itself in 1994
  • Free product with amalgamation, in mathematics, especially group theory, an important construction
  • Amalgamated (1917 automobile), car manufactured by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp.
  • Amalgamated Broadcasting System, a short-lived American radio network during the 1930s
  • Conflation, also known as "idiom amalgamation", the combination of two expressions

 
 

 

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