AMALGAMATION


Meaning of AMALGAMATION in English

əˌmalgəˈmāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: amalgam + -ation

1.

a. : the action or process of amalgamating : uniting

an opportunity for the amalgamation of Wales with England — G.M.Trevelyan

b. : the quality or state of being amalgamated

in the 14th century the amalgamation of the races was all but complete — T.B.Macaulay

2. : the result of amalgamating : amalgam

an amalgamation of parishes to provide a workhouse for … the poor — G.E.Fussell

3. : a consolidation or merger (as of two corporations)

formed in 1844 by amalgamation of three smaller companies — O.S.Nock

4. : a biological process of race mixture

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