Amalgamation
The term amalgamation or amalgamation referred to:
- The process of dissolving other metals in mercury, see amalgam
- The gilding of metal objects with dissolved mercury in gold
- A method of gold extraction in mining
- Figuratively: connection, union, amalgamation, merger
- In sociology, the association of different types of (social) parts into a new whole, as opposed to (social) differentiation
- In experimental phonetics a method of deriving new words, see portmanteau
- In mathematics equating certain elements of isomorphic subgroups, see amalgamated product
- Disambiguation