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Definition of Amalgam

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. A combination or blend of diverse things. "His theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"

Definition of Amalgam

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

2. v. t. &?; i. To amalgamate.

Definition of Amalgam

1. Noun. A combination of different things ¹

2. Noun. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amalgam

1. an alloy of mercury with another metal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Amalgam

1. A soft metal which results from an alloy of a metal with mercury. Commonly used as a silver-tin or copper alloy in dentistry for fillings. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amalgam

amadawns amadou amadous amaduvad amaduvads amagnetic amah amahs amain amaine

amakhosi amakinite amakosi amakwerekwere amala amalgam (current term) amalgam carrier amalgam matrix amalgam strip amalgam tattoo

amalgamable amalgamate amalgamated amalgamates amalgamating amalgamation amalgamations amalgamative amalgamator amalgamators

Literary usage of Amalgam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1871)
"Platinum after perfect amalgamation does not act as energetically as in its nascent state ; ie, when precipitated on the amalgam. When platinum-amalgam is ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"Note on the behaviour of a Potassium amalgam Cathode in a Vacuum Tube. ... The photo-electric behaviour of sodium or potassium amalgam aud of the ..."

3. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The mercury amalgam is drawn off at the bottom of the cell, is decomposed in a separate vessel, and then returned to the cell. OJS 1539. ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"amalgam for injecting anatomical preparations : 20 pts. bismuth, 12 lead, 7 tin, and 4 mercury, (or more exactly: 497 pts. bismuth, 310 lead, 177 tin, ..."

5. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"The clean amalgam, according to Duport, is subjected to filtration in ... At Fresnillo such bags or filters held from 2000 to 3000 Iba. of amalgam at a time ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"Treatment of the amalgam.—The amalgam is first washed with water in suitable vessels, and then in a moist canvas bag, through which the thin uncombined ..."

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