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Amalgam [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A mixture of mercury or quicksilver with another metal; any metallic alloy, of which mercury forms an essential constituent part.

2. A mixture or compound of different things.

Amalgam [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

2. A mixture or compound of different things.

3. A native compound of mercury and silver.

Amalgam [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To amalgamate.

Amalgam Encyclopedia Britannica

AMALGAM, the name given to an alloy of mercury and another metal. The amalgams are a very numerous class of compounds, and many of them are used largely in the arts. Many amalgams are produced by direct contact of the metals, with evolution of heat. Others are obtained by the action of mercury on a salt of the metal, or the action of the metal on a salt of mercury, assisted by the passage of a weak electric current in some cases. Some amalgams are solid, others liquid. They are, generally speaking, weak compounds, many of them being decomposed by pressure, and all are decomposed at a white heat. Tin amalgam is used for “silvering” mirrors, gold and silver amalgam in gilding and silvering, cadmium and copper amalgam in dentistry, and an amalgam of zinc and tin for the rubbers of electrical machines. See Mercury and Chemistry.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 652
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Amalgama [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Amalgam.

Amalgamate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend.

Amalgamate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To mix quicksilver with another metal. Gregory uses amalgamize.

2. To mix different things, to make a compound; to unite.

Amalgamate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Amalgamated

Amalgamate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.

Amalgamate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.

2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.

Amalgamated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Mixed with quicksilver; blended.

Amalgamated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coalesced; united; combined.

Amalgamated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Amalgamate

Amalgamating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Mixing quicksilver with another metal; compounding.

Amalgamating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Amalgamate

Amalgamation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act or operation of mixing mercury with another metal.

2. The mixing or blending of different things.

Amalgamation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union.

Amalgamative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Characterized by amalgamation.

Amalgamator [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

Amalgamize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To amalgamate.