ADMIXTURE

mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing

(noun) the act of mixing together; “paste made by a mix of flour and water”; “the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”

admixture, intermixture

(noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; “the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure”; “a large intermixture of sand”

admixture, alloy

(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

admixture (countable and uncountable, plural admixtures)

An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.

A mixture, in some contexts

(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*mix"ture, n. Etym: [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]

1. The act of mixing; mixture.

2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

3. That which is mixed with anything.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2024

SUNLIT

(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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