Amalgamation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: a + mal + ga + ma + tion

Origin

From Medieval Latin amalgamatio.

Noun

1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s