mixture
a product of mixing.
any combination or blend of different elements, kinds, qualities, etc.: a mixture of good and bad traits.
Origin of mixture
1Other words for mixture
Other words from mixture
- su·per·mix·ture, noun
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How to use mixture in a sentence
By the late 1600s, chemists and herbalists had begun to concoct their own scientific mixtures for curing the hangover.
Mixtures of fear and guilt and a sense of duty to the dead occupied much of that.
When Fiery Fact Imitates Fiction: A Deadly Arizona Fire Mirrored One Writer’s Novel | Michael Koryta | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are some pieces [in the exhibit] that are just solid gold, and obviously some are mixtures.
As a result, many countries have become volatile mixtures of 1950s attitudes and 2010s media.
Americans Celebrating Our LGBT Victories Need To Be More Cognizant That Elsewhere, Repression Is Winning | Jay Michaelson | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were oxycodone, oxycontin, two different mixtures of vicodin.
It may be looked upon as the apotheosis of the old style of organ-building, with low pressures, duplication, and mixtures.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe builders state that the mixtures have been inserted at the request of many noted organists.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerAlloys, or mixtures of different metals, act in a similar manner, but in varying degrees.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousOther varieties of heterogeneous colloidal mixtures are tabulated by Wo.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThe many and various acetanilid mixtures furnish examples of this class of proprietaries.
British Dictionary definitions for mixture
/ (ˈmɪkstʃə) /
the act of mixing or state of being mixed
something mixed; a result of mixing
chem a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together without any chemical bonding between them
pharmacol a liquid medicine in which an insoluble compound is suspended in the liquid
music an organ stop that controls several ranks of pipes sounding the upper notes in a harmonic series
the mixture of petrol vapour and air in an internal-combustion engine
Origin of mixture
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for mixture
[ mĭks′chər ]
A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
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