Look up: amalgamation

1. amalgamation
   [n] - the combination of two or more commercial companies
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2. amalgamation
   in business,the fusion of one or more lesser companies into a larger one,by any of several means. Category: Economics • the formation of an amalgam. Category: Medicine
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3. Amalgamation
   A·mal`ga·ma'tion noun [ Confer French 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. ...
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4. amalgamation
   The process of combining mercury with a metal or an alloy to form a new alloy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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5. amalgamation
   merger noun the combination of two or more commercial companies
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6. amalgamation
   (ә-mal´gә-ma´shәn) trituration (def. 3).
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7. Amalgamation
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such com...
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8. amalgamation
   (from the article `gold processing`) ...of manpower. By 100, up to 40,000 slaves were employed in gold mining in Spain. The advent of Christianity somewhat tempered the demand for gold ... Elemental gold (and silver as well) is soluble in mercury, so that, when particles of the metal are brought into contact with a fresh mercury ... ...
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9. amalgamation
   amalgamation, amalgam treatment 1. The treating of precious-metal ores with mercury for the purpose of extracting their values. 2. The mixing of mercury with another metal, or metals, to form an alloy. 3. The process of separating metal from ore by alloying the metal with mercury; formerly used fo...
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10. amalgamation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-mal′gă-mā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The process of combining mercury with a metal or an alloy to form a new alloy.
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11. Amalgamation
    (race) `Amalgamation` is a now largely archaic term for the intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. In the English-speaking world, the term was in use into the twentieth century. In the United States, it was partly replaced after 1863 by the term miscegenation. Whil...
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12. Amalgamation
    (fiction) `Amalgamation` or `amalgam`, when used to refer to a fictional character or place, refers to one that was created by combining, or is perceived to be a combination, of several other previously existing characters or locations. To emphasize the origin of their creations, authors or a...
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13. Amalgamation
    (names) An `amalgamated name` is a name that is formed by combining several previously existing names. These may take the form of an acronym (where only one letter of each name is taken) or a blend (where a large part of each name is taken, such as the first syllable). Amalgamated names are m...
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