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amalgamate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/əˈmalgəˌmāt/,
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amalgamated, past participle; amalgamates, 3rd person singular present; amalgamating, present participle; amalgamated, past tense;
  1. Combine or unite to form one organization or structure
    • - he amalgamated his company with another
    • - numerous small railroad companies amalgamated
    • - his true genius lies in synthesis, in an amalgamated vision
  2. Alloy (a metal) with mercury
    • - amalgamated zinc
  1. joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
  2. mix: to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
  3. (amalgamation) the combination of two or more commercial companies
  4. The Amalgamates are the premier coed collegiate a cappella group at Tufts University in Medford, MA.
  5. (Amalgamation (business)) Consolidation or amalgamation is the act of merging many things into one. In business, it often refers to the mergers and acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones. ...
  6. (Amalgamation (history)) Amalgamation is a now largely archaic term for the intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. In the English-speaking world, the term was in use into the twentieth century. ...
  7. (Amalgamation (mining)) The patio process was a process used to extract silver from ore. It was developed by Bartolomé Medina in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico in 1557 for the Pachuca-Real del Monte mines. The patio process was the first process to use mercury amalgamation to recover silver from ore. ...
  8. (Amalgamation (names)) An amalgamated name is a name that is form by combining several previously existing names. These may take the form of an acronym (where only one letter of each name is taken) or a blend (where a large part of each name is taken, such as the first syllable).
  9. (Amalgamation (politics)) A merger or amalgamation in a political or administrative sense is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities such as municipalities (in other words cities, towns, etc.), counties, districts, etc. into a single entity. ...
  10. To merge, to combine, to blend, to join; To make an alloy of a metal and mercury; To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups
  11. (amalgamated) The state of having been combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities
  12. (amalgamation) 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
  13. (amalgamating) Process in which alloys are formed with mercury such as gold, silver, iron, copper and aluminum. Due to the toxicity of mercury, use of the technique is declining.
  14. (Amalgamation) The blending of places into one municipality
  15. An amalgamation involves the complete merging of the assets, liabilities, and shareholdings of two or more corporations. All the former corporations cease to exist and a new corporation is born. ...
  16. (Amalgamation) The merging of two things together to form one such as the amalgamation of different companies to form a single company.
  17. (AMALGAMATION) This is a mining term relating to the combination of metal such as silver, platinum or gold, with mercury. Amalgamation is one of the simplest and easiest ways of recovering fine gold from concentrates.
  18. (Amalgamation) Occurs when one firm combines with others to form an entirely new company; former identities are relinquished.
  19. (Amalgamation) The dissolving or blending of a metal (commonly gold and silver) in mercury to separate it from its parent material.
  20. (Amalgamation) The technique of using mercury to attract small particles of crushed gold and join with them in an amalgam, or alloy. Gold may be recovered by distilling off the mercury.
  21. (Amalgamation) a process using mercury to collect fine particles of gold or silver from pulverized ore. Both precious metals dissolve in the silvery liquid, while rock does not; they can later be released by applying heat or pressure to the mercury.
  22. (Amalgamations) Clusters, Combinations. A group or sequence of dance figures or patterns.
  23. where two or more organisations or companies are joined together. For example, the 'widget' company and the 'gadget' company were amalgamated to form one large company – the 'wadget' company.
  24. The forming of an amalgam; the union of two materials; an alloy.
  25. (v) - to combine things into a whole