Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form.
Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to:
Mathematics and science
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Amalgam (chemistry)
An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal. It may be a liquid, a soft paste or a solid, depending upon the proportion of mercury. These alloys are formed through metallic bonding, with the electrostatic attractive force of the cond ...
, the combination of mercury with another metal
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Pan amalgamation The pan amalgamation process is a method to extract silver from ore, using salt and copper(II) sulfate in addition to mercury. The process was widely used from 1609 through the 19th century; it is no longer used.
The patio process had been used t ...
, another extraction method with additional compound
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Patio process
The patio process is a process for extracting silver from ore. Smelting, or refining, was necessary because silver does not occur by itself in a natural state like some metals. Instead, it is made up of a larger ore body. Thus, smelting, or refin ...
, the use of mercury amalgamation to extract silver
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Amalgamation (geology), the creation of a stable continent or craton by the union of two terranes; see
Tectonic evolution of the Barberton greenstone belt
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Amalgamation paradox in probability and statistics, also known as Simpson's paradox
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Amalgamation property
In the mathematical field of model theory, the amalgamation property is a property of collections of structures that guarantees, under certain conditions, that two structures in the collection can be regarded as substructures of a larger one.
Th ...
in model theory
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Free product with amalgamation
In mathematics, specifically group theory, the free product is an operation that takes two groups ''G'' and ''H'' and constructs a new The result contains both ''G'' and ''H'' as subgroups, is generated by the elements of these subgroups, and i ...
, in mathematics, especially group theory, an important construction
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Amalgamated Broadcasting System, a short-lived American radio network during the 1930s
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Amalgamation (fiction)
In a work of media adapted from a real or fictional narrative, a composite character is a character based on more than one individual from the story.
Use in film
*Several characters in the movie '' 21''.
*The character Henry Hurt in the docudr ...
, the concept of creating an element in a work of fiction by combining existing things
* ''Amalgamation'', a 1994 EP by the band
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorp ...
* ''Amalgamation'', the debut studio album by the band
Trapt
Other uses
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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 cylin ...
, car manufactured by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp.
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Amalgamated (organization name)
In the business world, amalgamated refers to an organization that has undergone consolidation (also known as amalgamation). Amalgamated organizations may use "amalgamated" in their name to signify that it is the amalgamation of its component comp ...
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Amalgamation (business)
In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, ''consolidation'' refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a grou ...
, the merge or consolidation of companies
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Amalgamation (land)
Amalgamation in English and Welsh land law is a simple process carried out in registered land. It combines neighbouring parcels (holdings) of land which are freehold.
In leasehold land interests (which can be at any storey) respective surrenders ...
, the formal combination of adjoining plots; in some jurisdictions distinct from a merger
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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 (where only one letter of each name is taken) or a blend (where a large part of each name is taken, such as the fir ...
, the strategy of naming something after a combination of existing names
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Amalgamation (race)
Miscegenation ( ) is the interbreeding of people who are considered to be members of different races. The word, now usually considered pejorative, is derived from a combination of the Latin terms ''miscere'' ("to mix") and ''genus'' ("race") ...
, a now largely archaic term for the merger of people of different ethnicities and "races"
* Amalgamation, another name for a
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
, chiefly used in the UK
* Amalgamation, in
C (programming language)
C (''pronounced like the letter c'') is a general-purpose computer programming language. It was created in the 1970s by Dennis Ritchie, and remains very widely used and influential. By design, C's features cleanly reflect the capabilities ...
(C) and C++ programming, merging all the source codes of a library into a single header file
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Conflation
Conflation is the merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, opinions, etc., into one, often in error. Conflation is often misunderstood. It originally meant to fuse or blend, but has since come to mean the same as equate, treati ...
, also known as "idiom amalgamation", the combination of two expressions
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Merger (politics)
A merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in a political or administrative sense, is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities, such as municipalities (in other words cities, towns, etc.), counties, districts, etc., i ...
, consolidation or amalgamation, in geopolitics, joining two or more political or administrative entities, such as municipalities, cities, towns, counties, districts etc. into a single entity
See also
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Amalgam (disambiguation)
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