Amalgam

[ə'mælgəm] or [ə'mælɡəm]

解释:

(noun.) a combination or blend of diverse things; 'his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas'.

(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.

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解释:

(n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

(n.) A mixture or compound of different things.

(n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.

(v. t. / i.) To amalgamate.

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解释:

n. a compound of mercury with another metal: any soft mixture: a combination of various elements: one of the ingredients in an alloy.—v.t. Amal′gamate to mix mercury with another metal: to compound.—v.i. to unite in an amalgam: to blend.—n. Amalgamā′tion the blending of different things: a homogeneous union of diverse elements.—adj. Amalgamā′tive.

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