Meanings
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noun
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
In 1908 Sheng obtained imperial approval for the amalgamation of the Hanyang Ironworks and the Ta-yeh and P'ing-hsiang mines to form the Han-Yeh-P'ing Coal and Iron Company Limited (Han-Yeh-P'ing mei-t'ieh ch'ang-k'uang yu-hsien kung-ssu).
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amalgamationismamalgamationistpreamalgamation
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.