amalgamation
/əˌmælgəˈmeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action, process, or result of combining or uniting混合;合并; 统一:
the threat of amalgamation with another college
和另一所大学合并的威胁
count noun an amalgamation of two separate companies.两家独立公司的合并。
1.1
- Chemistry the action or process of alloying a metal with mercury【化】汞齐化。
词源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin amalgamare (see AMALGAMATE).