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amalgamation

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a⋅mal⋅ga⋅ma⋅tion

  [uh-mal-guh-mey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of amalgamating.
2. the state or result of being amalgamated.
3. Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations.
4. Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury.
Origin:
1605–15; amalgam + -ation
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a·mal·ga·ma·tion   (ə-māl'gə-mā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of amalgamating or the condition resulting from this act.

  2. A consolidation or merger, as of several corporations.

  3. The production of a metal alloy of mercury.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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