melange
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melange or mélange (meɪˈlɑːnʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mixture; confusion |
| 2. | geology a totally disordered mixture of rocks of different shapes, sizes, ages, and origins |
| [C17: from French mêler to mix. See | |
| mélange or mélange | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from French mêler to mix. See | |
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| melange or mélange (meɪˈlɑːnʒ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mixture; confusion |
| 2. | geology a totally disordered mixture of rocks of different shapes, sizes, ages, and origins |
| [C17: from French mêler to mix. See | |
| mélange or mélange | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from French mêler to mix. See | |
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Word Origin & History
melange
1653, from Fr. mélange, from mêler "to mix, mingle," from O.Fr. mesler (see meddle).
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Science Dictionary
mélange  (mā-läɴzh') Pronunciation Key
A metamorphic rock formation created from materials scraped off the top of a downward moving tectonic plate in a subduction zone. Mélanges occur where plates of oceanic crust subduct beneath plates of continental crust, as along the western coast of South America. They consist of intensely deformed marine sediments and ocean-floor basalts and are characterized by the lack of regular strata, the inclusion of fragments and blocks of various rock types, and the presence of minerals that form only under high pressure and low temperature conditions. |
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Example sentences
The crisis came about because of a melange of complex factors, and we'll be debating the respective merits of those for decades.
Surrounded by full-length windows, its setting is a melange of skylights, brushed steel and warm wood tones.
Back then, the melange of exotic locations and acres of nakedness seemed both daring and soothing.
The web has to stop being a meringue frosting on the top of business, this make-do melange of mashups and abstraction layers.
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