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amalgamation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amalgamation \A*mal`ga*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. amalgamation.] 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. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amalgamation n : the combination of two or more commercial companies [syn: {merger}, {uniting}]
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