Amalgam
[ə'mælgəm] or [ə'mælɡəm]
解釋/意思:
(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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解釋/意思:
(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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解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- Dissolve the amalgam in the acid and then add the alcohol. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- They are coiners on a large scale, and have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place of silver. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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