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| a combination or blend of diverse things | |||
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| a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | |||
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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 | |||
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| [in chemistry] a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) |