Amalgamation

  • 21amalgamation — /amaelgameyshan/ Union of different races, or diverse elements, societies, unions, associations, or corporations, so as to form a homogeneous whole or new body; interfusion; intermarriage; consolidation; merger; coalescence; as, the amalgamation… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22amalgamation — /amaelgameyshan/ Union of different races, or diverse elements, societies, unions, associations, or corporations, so as to form a homogeneous whole or new body; interfusion; intermarriage; consolidation; merger; coalescence; as, the amalgamation… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23amalgamation — amalgamate ► VERB 1) combine or unite to form one organization or structure. 2) Chemistry alloy (a metal) with mercury. DERIVATIVES amalgamation noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 24Amalgamation (history) — 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… …

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  • 25Amalgamation (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 …

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  • 26Amalgamation property — In the mathematical field of model theory, the amalgamation property is a property of collections of structures that guarantees, under certain conditions, that two structures in the collection can be regarded as substructures of a larger one.An… …

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  • 27Amalgamation (politics) — Joining two or more political units, such as municipalities, counties, or cities into one entity is referred to as amalgamation when the process occurs within a sovereign entity. In United States politics, such an entity may be called a… …

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  • 28AMALGAMATION — s. f. Opération métallurgique qui consiste à extraire l or et l argent de leurs gangues, par le moyen du mercure …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 29AMALGAMATION — n. f. Action d’amalgamer. Il se dit spécialement, en termes de Chimie, de l’Opération métallurgique qui consiste à extraire l’or et l’argent de leurs gangues, par le moyen du mercure …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 30amalgamation — /euh mal geuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of amalgamating. 2. the state or result of being amalgamated. 3. Com. a consolidation of two or more corporations. 4. Metall. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with… …

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