Amalgamation
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In general, amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form.
Amalgamate and its derivatives may refer to:
Amalgamate and its derivatives may refer to:
- Metals and science
- In mining, amalgamation was historically used in the patio processPatio processThe patio process was a process used to extract silver from ore. The process was invented by Bartolomé de Medina in Pachuca, New Spain , in 1554. The patio process was the first process to use mercury amalgamation to recover silver from ore. It replaced smelting as the primary method of extracting...
and pan amalgamationPan amalgamationThe Pan amalgamation process is a method to extract silver from ore, using mercury. The process was widely used from 1609 through the 19th century; it is no longer used....
to recover precious metals from ore by combining them with mercury.- Amalgamation combines mercury and another element to create amalgam (chemistry)Amalgam (chemistry)An amalgam is a substance formed by the reaction of mercury with another metal. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, notable exceptions being iron and platinum. Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury amalgam is used in the extraction of gold from ore.The...
, used in dentistry, chemistry, and mining
- Amalgamation combines mercury and another element to create amalgam (chemistry)
- In geology it refers to the creation of a stable continent or cratonCratonA craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere. Having often survived cycles of merging and rifting of continents, cratons are generally found in the interiors of tectonic plates. They are characteristically composed of ancient crystalline basement rock, which may be covered by...
by the union of two continents, blocks or terraneTerraneA terrane in geology is short-hand term for a tectonostratigraphic terrane, which is a fragment of crustal material formed on, or broken off from, one tectonic plate and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate...
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- In mining, amalgamation was historically used in the patio process
- Amalgamation (business), the merge or consolidation of companies
- Amalgamation, another name for a trade unionTrade unionA trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
, chiefly used in the United Kingdom
- Amalgamation, another name for a trade union
- Amalgamation (politics)Amalgamation (politics)A merger or amalgamation in a political or administrative sense is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities such as municipalities , counties, districts, etc. into a single entity. This term is used when the process occurs within a sovereign entity...
, in geopolitics, refers to the joining of two or more administrative units - Amalgamation (names)Amalgamation (names)An amalgamated name is a name that is formed by combining several previously existing names. These may take the form of an acronym or a blend ....
, the strategy of naming something after a combination of existing names - Amalgamation (fiction)Amalgamation (fiction)Amalgamation or amalgam, when used to refer to a fictional character or place, refers to one that was created by combining, or is perceived to be a combination, of several other previously existing characters or locations...
, the concept of creating an element in a work of fiction by combining existing things - Amalgamation (race), a now largely archaic term for the interbreeding of people of different ethnicities and races
- Amalgamation (military unit), the consolidation of military units, usually traditional regiments, into a new unit carrying the lineage, history, traditions, and identity of both
- Amalgamation, an EP released by the band Pop Will Eat ItselfPop Will Eat ItselfPop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band, originally formed in Stourbridge in 1986, with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a Grebo act, their style changed to incorporate sample driven indie and industrial rock...
in 1994 - Free product with amalgamation, in mathematics, especially group theory, an important construction
- Amalgamated (1917 automobile)Amalgamated (1917 automobile)The Amalgamated was made by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp of Chicago, Illinois, from 1917 to 1919. The Amalgamated Six used a special engine which featured positively-opened poppet valves. Instead of disc cams that would only lift, grooved cylindrical cams of the type similar to those in machine...
, car manufactured by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp. - Amalgamated (organization name)Amalgamated (organization name)In the business world, amalgamated refers to an organization that has undergone amalgamation. Amalgamated organizations may use "amalgamated" in their name to signify that it is the amalgamation of its component companies or trade unions....
- Amalgamated Broadcasting SystemAmalgamated Broadcasting SystemThe Amalgamated Broadcasting System was a radio network established on September 25, 1933 by two men: American comedian and radio star Ed Wynn, the "Fire Chief" of the original Fire Chief Program program on NBC and CBS; and Hungarian-born violinist Ota Gygi.Wynn had been concerned with two things:...
, a short-lived American radio network during the 1930s - ConflationConflationConflation occurs when the identities of two or more individuals, concepts, or places, sharing some characteristics of one another, become confused until there seems to be only a single identity — the differences appear to become lost...
, also known as "idiom amalgamation", the combination of two expressions