amalgam
An alloy containing mercuryAn alloy containing mercury.
» Miami has an interesting amalgam of North American and Latin American culture.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)An alloy containing mercury.
Amalgam
амальга́маamalʹgáma
амальга́маamalʹháma
(countable, uncountable)A combination of different things.
амальга́маamalʹgáma
a combination or blend of diverse things
(countable, uncountable)One of the ingredients in an alloy.
(countable, uncountable)An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
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
Examples
1 sentencesMiami has an interesting amalgam of North American and Latin American culture.
Translations
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Origin
From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollFrom Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
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Forms
plural: amalgamsSynonyms
7 synonyms- 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:dental amalgam
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