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
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amalgam::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dental amalgam |
| Type of | alloy, metal |
amalgam::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | combination |
| Derivation | amalgamate |
his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas.
Examples of amalgam
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Identified primarily as a country singer, she's really an amalgam of influences.
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However, many maintain dental amalgam is safe, despite research to the contrary.
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Etruscan beliefs concerning the hereafter appear to be an amalgam of influences.
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It's an amalgam of beats, chants and raps mixed together with exacting precision.
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Sister Felicity seems to be an unstable amalgam of George McGovern and John Dean.
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As soon as the opening track, 19.11, begins, there is a unique amalgam of sounds.
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It is all there in a powerful amalgam, in the thickness and depth of his sound.
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Meols is an amalgam of the two former villages of Great Meols and Little Meols.
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For the uncommitted, the city is an amalgam of gallery, stage and recital hall.
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- 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
- A combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
- An amalgam, from Medieval Latin amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver)," perhaps an alteration of L. ...
- Amalgam Comics was an American comic book publisher of metafiction; it was a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e.g. ...
- Dental amalgam is the most commonly used dental restorative material used for dental fillings. First introduced in France in the early 1800s, it contains a mixture of mercury with at least one other metal. ...
- Amalgam is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, a hero who is known to go through the timestream and absorb the traits of dying mutants, so that part of them can still carry on the quest for mutantkind. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men Annual #16. ...
- A combination of different things; An alloy containing mercury
- A silver/mercury mixture which is used for restoring lost tooth structure.
- A most common filling material, also known as "silver fillings,"containing mercury (app 50%), silver, tin, copper and zinc used for fillings
