AMALGAMATION

AMALGAMA'TION, noun 1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal.2. The mixing or blending of different things.

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amalgamation. Amalgamation, n. the act of mixing quicksilver with other metal; a mixing

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A‐mal′ga‐ma″tion (�), n. [[Cf. F. amalgamation.]] 1. 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; — applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure.
2. 2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay.