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amalgam noun

  /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
  • A combination of different things.
 amalgama

amalgamate verb

  /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
  • To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
  • (transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
 amalgamare

amalgamation noun

  /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
  • (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
 amalgamazione
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