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   A·mal·gam

   /əˈmalɡəm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a mixture or blend: "a curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern"
   • ▪ an alloy of mercury with another metal, especially one used for dental fillings: "amalgam fillings"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French amalgame or medieval Latin amalgama, from Greek malagma ‘an emollient’.

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   1. : a mixture of different elements. an amalgam of musical forms. The crowd was an amalgam of young and old. 2. : an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements.

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   AMALGAM definition: 1. a mixture of mercury and another metal, especially one used by dentists to repair teeth: 2. a…. Learn more.

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   an alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling. a rare mineral, an alloy of silver and mercury, occurring as silver-white crystals or grains. a mixture or combination: His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits. amalgam.

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   AMALGAM meaning: 1. a mixture of mercury and another metal, especially one used by dentists to repair teeth: 2. a…. Learn more.

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   Use amalgam when the mixture of several things creates something different and larger. If your school puts together a drug prevention task force of police, doctors, teachers, social workers, and students, the task force is an amalgam of local resources.

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   amalgam noun. Meaning & use. 1. a1500–. A soft pliable or semifluid mass formed by the blending of gold, silver, or other metals with mercury.

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   AMALGAM meaning: 1 : a combination or mixture of different things usually singular usually + of; 2 : a mixture of mercury and other metals used for filling holes in teeth.