English to English
noun
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- a combination or blend of diverse things
His theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas.
source: WordNet 3.0
- An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- To amalgamate.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [amálgam] Pagkakahalò ng iba't ibang metal
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
