Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amalgamation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amalgamation \A*mal`ga*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. 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. --Ure.
2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races,
societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or
blending; a homogeneous union. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amalgamation
n : the combination of two or more commercial companies [syn: {merger},
{uniting}]
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