Amalgamation
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Amalgamation, meaning to combine or unite into one form, has several uses:
- Amalgam, in chemistry, mining and dentistry, the result of the blending of mercury with another metal or alloy
- Amalgamation, in business, the result of mergers of companies
- Amalgamation (music), the synthesis of sound events into an inter-parametric unit where parameters act together
- Amalgamation (politics), in politics, refers to the joining of two or more political units. See consolidated city-county or metropolitan municipality
- Free product with amalgamation, in group theory, an important construction