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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 a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
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| amalgamation |
the combination of two or more commercial companies
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mix: to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
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a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies
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a process using mercury to collect fine particles of gold or silver from pulverized ore. Both precious metals dissolve in the silvery liquid, while rock does not; they can later be released by applying heat or pressure to the mercury.
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