amalgamation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amalgamation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for amalgamation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amalgamation n the combination of two or more commercial companies [syn: amalgamation, merger, uniting]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amalgamation \Amal`gama"tion\, n. [Cf. F. amalgamation.] 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. --Ure. 2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. --Macaulay.