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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 amal·gam /əˈmælgəm/
 汞合金,汞齊

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 amal·gam /əˈmælgəm/ 名詞
 汞合金,汞齊

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 a·mal·gam n.
 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
 Note: ☞ Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
 2. A mixture or compound of different things.
 3. Min. A native compound of mercury and silver.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 a·mal·gam, v. t. & i.  To amalgamate.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 amalgam
      n 1: an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used
           by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron
           and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists
           refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
           [syn: dental amalgam]
      2: a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an
         amalgam of earlier ideas"