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amalgam 音標拼音: [əm'ælgəm] n. 汞合金,汞齊 汞合金,汞齊 amalgam n 1: 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 [ synonym: { amalgam}, { dental amalgam}] 2: a combination or blend of diverse things; " his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas" amalgam \ a* mal" gam\ ([. a]* m[ a^] l" gam), n. [ F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr. ma` lagma, emollient, plaster, poultice, fr. mala` ssein to make soft, fr. malako` s soft.] 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A mixture or compound of different things. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver. [ 1913 Webster]
amalgam \ a* mal" gam\, v. t. & i. [ Cf. F. amalgamer] To amalgamate. -- Boyle. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " amalgam": admixture, alloy, alloyage, amalgamation, blend, combination, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, ensemble, fusion, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, magma, mix, mixture, paste
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