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amalgamation

noun
/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.

  1. derived from amalgamātiō

Definitions

  1. The process of amalgamating

    The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.

    • In 1908 Sheng obtained imperial approval for the amalgamation of the Hanyang Ironworks and the Ta-yeh and P'ing-hsiang mines to form the Han-Yeh-P'ing Coal and Iron Company Limited (Han-Yeh-P'ing mei-t'ieh ch'ang-k'uang yu-hsien kung-ssu).

  2. The result of amalgamating

    The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.

  3. The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.

The neighborhood

Derived

amalgamationism, amalgamationist, preamalgamation

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA