different between joining vs amalgam
joining
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???n??/
Verb
joining
- present participle of join
Noun
joining (plural joinings)
- The act or result of joining; a joint or juncture.
Translations
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amalgam
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic ???????????? (al-mal?am, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from ??????? (maláss?, “to soften”), from ??????? (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæl.??m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Synonyms
- alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture
Related terms
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
Translations
Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
- I had once occasion to distill in a small retort some gold amalgamed with such a fine and subtile mercur
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- gold t'amalgam with some six of mercury
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “amalgam”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
- “amalgam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- malagma
Romanian
Etymology
From French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.
Noun
amalgam n (plural amalgame)
- amalgam
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am?l?a?m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amàlg?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- amalgam
Declension
Swedish
Noun
amalgam n
- amalgam
Declension
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- what's amalgam carrier
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