amalgamation
IPA: ʌmæɫgʌmˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
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Examples of "amalgamation" in Sentences
- The bugbear of amalgamation is continually flaunted in the eyes of the people.
- Whichever way this concoction settles the resulting amalgamation is pure brilliance, you really need to see this movie.
- We called the amalgamation of thinkers BLUEMIND and set out to explore the science behind the relationship between the human brain and the ocean.
- You have been told that amalgamation is a "fait accompli" -- that Metro already accounts for 72 per cent of the combined Metro -- municipality spending.
- This amalgamation was heralded as "the first step in creating a national, non-partisan, political organization of cultural workers ... that will markedly influence the Peace."
- The whole Conan/Terminator amalgamation is stupid enough, but hell, they might as well have added in Arnold's characters from Predator, Commando, Twins and Jingle All the Way while they were at it.
- It has required a good deal of salesmanship to convince even the present number of supporters, to convince the present Council of the City of Toronto, that amalgamation is a useful and a forward step.
- As if to illustrate that, Mr. Iwata recently gave a trade-show demonstration of a feature of the 3DS called "amalgamation," made possible because it has camera lenses that face both inward and outward.
- Jambalaya is often made with ham, so the word "jambalaya" may be an amalgamation of the French words "jambon" and "a la," and an African word, "yaya," which means rice, reflective of both cultural influences from people in the Louisiana area.
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