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
Almagamation (mining), the process of separation of precious metals from ore.
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

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