amalgamation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/

Noun

amalgamation

1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
   1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Related terms

• amalgam
• amalgamate

Translations

• Portuguese: amalgamação

Translations

• Portuguese: amálgama

Translations

• Portuguese: amalgamação

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