Noun: amalgam u'mal-gum
- A combination or blend of diverse things
"his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
- 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
"Despite controversy, dental amalgam remains a common material for tooth fillings";
- dental amalgam
Derived forms: amalgams
Type of: alloy, combination, metal
Encyclopedia: Amalgam, Gauteng