Look up: Amalgam

1. amalgam
   [n] - an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth 2. [n] - a combination or blend of diverse things
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2. Amalgam
   or silver filling; an alloy in which one of the metals is mercury. Below are the approximate percentages of the component elements:
   Mercury Hg 50%
   Silver Ag 35%
   Tin Sn 13%
   Copper Cu 0-3%
   Zinc Zn 0-1%
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3. Amalgam
   An alloy that contains mercury. See also: Alloy, Mercury Hg.
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4. Amalgam
   Liquid mercury has the ability to dissolve other metals to produce alloys and these alloys are called amalgams. Amalgam examples are gold/mercury, silver/mercury and copper/mercury all of which are used in dentistry.
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5. amalgam
   Compare with alloy. An alloy that contains mercury.
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6. Amalgam
   Liquid mercury has the ability to dissolve other metals to produce alloys and these alloys are called amalgams. Amalgam examples are gold/mercury, silver/mercury and copper/mercury all of which are used in dentistry.
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7. amalgam
   An alloy of mercury with one or more other metals.
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8. amalgam
   An alloy which is a mixture of mercury and one or more other metals
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9. Amalgam
   Amalgam: In dentistry, an alloy of mercury, silver, tin, etc. used in dental restorations.
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10. amalgam
    metallic alloy ; dental filling Category: Chemistry • a product formed by mercury and another metal in an electrolytic cell Category: Chemistry
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11. amalgam
    Any of various ALLOYS in which mercury is combined with another metal, for example, tin, silver or gold.
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12. Amalgam
    A·mal'gam noun [ French amalgame , probably from Latin malagma , Greek ..., emollient, plaster, poultice, from ... to make soft, from ... soft.] 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bis...
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13. Amalgam
    A·mal'gam transitive verb ... i. [ Confer French amalgamer ] To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
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14. amalgam
    <dentistry> A soft metal which results from an alloy of a metal with mercury. Commonly used as a silver-tin or copper alloy in dentistry for fillings. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...
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15. amalgam
    noun a combination or blend of diverse things; `his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas`
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16. amalgam
    dental amalgam noun an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
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17. amalgam
    (ә-mal´gәm) an alloy of mercury with other metals used in tooth fillings.
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18. Amalgam
    • (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver. • (v. t. / i.) To amalgamate. • (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. • (n.) A mixture or compound of different things.
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19. amalgam
    alloy of mercury and one or more other metals. Amalgams are crystalline in structure, except for those with a high mercury content, which are ... [3 related articles]
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20. amalgam
    amalgam 1. A silver-white, naturally occurring isometric alloy of silver and mercury having a brilliant metallic luster. 2. Any alloy of mercury with another metal or other metals. It has been used for more than 150 years in dental restorations; only gold has been used longer for this purpose. It...
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21. Amalgam
    Amalgam is a name applied to the alloys of mercury with the other metals. One of them is the amalgam of mercury with tin, which is used to silver mirrors. Mercury unites very readily with gold and silver at ordinary temperatures, and advantage is taken of this to separate them from their ores, the p...
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22. amalgam
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-mal′gam Definitions: 1. An alloy of an element or a metal with mercury. In dentistry, primarily of two types: silver-tin alloy, containing small amounts of copper, zinc and perhaps other metal;, and a second type containing more copper (12%-30% by weight); amal...
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23. amalgam
    An alloy of mercury with one or more other metals
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24. Amalgam
    An alloy used in direct dental restorations.
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25. Amalgam
    A dental filling material, composed of mercury and other minerals, used to fill decayed teeth.
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