amalgamation

[ uh-mal-guh-mey-shuh n ]

/ əˌmæl gəˈmeɪ ʃən /

the act or process of amalgamating.

the state or result of being amalgamated.

Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations.

Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury.

Origin of amalgamation

First recorded in 1605–15; amalgam + -ation

pre·a·mal·ga·ma·tion, noun re·a·mal·ga·ma·tion, noun

These were sort of sober witnesses to the madness, so it was an amalgamation of thoughts of different women from the time.

Kate Bosworth Is Back and Crazy in Love |Erin Cunningham |November 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Each model is an amalgamation of many different women; eyes from one, lips from another.

Mary Katrantzou and Garjan Atwood, in O Sense |Lisa Larson-Walker |January 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At hame or abroad it's aye the like; they're of a race that can only be improved by amalgamation and time.

Impressions of America |Tyrone Power
He was a sound adviser, and enthusiastic in the amalgamation business.

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland |Joseph Tatlow

The Greeks and Romans had a common ancestry and the amalgamation of their religions was an easy matter.

The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II) |Walter M. Chandler
After the amalgamation of the Exchequers in 1817 the case becomes clearer.

The Open Secret of Ireland |T. M. Kettle
The amalgamation being effected and the rules drawn up and registered, we made rapid progress.

From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography |George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.

amalgamation

/ (əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən) /

the action or process of amalgamating

the state of being amalgamated

a method of extracting precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury to form an amalgam

commerce another word for merger (def. 1)