AMALGAMATION

amalgamation, merger, uniting

(noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)

The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.

The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.

(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.

(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Source: Wiktionary

A*mal`ga*ma"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition