In science, when you mix a metal with mercury to soften it, you create an amalgam. Otherwise, an amalgam is simply a combination of two or more unlike things into one.
An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals;
Noun
a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
Noun
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
n.
An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an
amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
n.
A mixture or compound of different things.
n.
A native compound of mercury and silver.
v. t. / i.
To amalgamate.
Amalgam
Amalgam
An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals;
To amalgamate.
Usage Examples
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt's self-effacing, it's hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor.
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