immiscible
not miscible; incapable of being mixed.
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Origin of immiscible
1Other words from immiscible
- im·mis·ci·bil·i·ty, noun
- im·mis·ci·bly, adverb
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How to use immiscible in a sentence
They are unassimilable and immiscible without rapid degeneracy.
And being a nation without a fatherland, you run like a disturbing immiscible fluid through the blood of all the nations.
Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George GardinerAbout one fourth of it was rendered immiscible in water, and was but weakly inflammable.
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air | Joseph PriestleyWhen the components are completely immiscible, the vapour pressure of the one is not influenced by the presence of the other.
It was like the mixture of two immiscible liquids—oil, for instance, shaken up with water.
Over Prairie Trails | Frederick Philip Grove
British Dictionary definitions for immiscible
/ (ɪˈmɪsɪbəl) /
(of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance: oil and water are immiscible
Derived forms of immiscible
- immiscibility, noun
- immiscibly, adverb
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Scientific definitions for immiscible
[ ĭ-mĭs′ə-bəl ]
Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible. Compare miscible.
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