amalgam
(noun) a combination or blend of diverse things; “his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas”
amalgam, dental amalgam
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
A combination of different things.
One of the ingredients in an alloy.
• alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
• malagma
Source: Wiktionary
A*mal"gam, n. Etym: [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr.
1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
2. A mixture or compound of different things.
3. (Min.)
Definition: A native compound of mercury and silver.
A*mal"gam, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. amalgamer]
Definition: To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
