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Mixture
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mixture has 5 senses
- mixture(n = noun.substance) Array - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding); Array is a kind of substance
- mixture(n = noun.food) concoction, intermixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" is a kind of food product, foodstuff
- mixture(n = noun.group) assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- mixture(n = noun.event) mix - an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" is a kind of combine, combining
- mixture(n = noun.act) admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
has particulars: alloy, metal, colloid, composition, mechanical mixture, eutectic, solution, suspension, freezing mixture, greek fire, gummite, lamellar mixture, matte, oxyacetylene, mineral jelly, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, plaster, soda lime
Derived form verb mix1
has particulars: mincemeat, dressing, stuffing, roux, batter, dough, mix, premix, filling
Derived form verb mix1
has particulars: grab bag, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth, range, selection, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, alphabet soup, sampler
Derived form verb mix1
has particulars: concoction, blend
Derived forms verb mix4, verb mix5
Derived forms verb mix4, verb mix1, verb mix5
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mixture, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.].
- The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. [1913 Webster]"There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence." [1913 Webster]
- An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. [1913 Webster]"Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution." [1913 Webster]
- A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to
solution , a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. [1913 Webster] - A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a
compound andsolution ; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter. [1913 Webster] - An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also
furniture stop . It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mixture, n.
1 the process of mixing or being mixed.
2 the result of mixing; something mixed; a combination.
3 Chem. the product of the random distribution of one substance through another without any chemical reaction taking place between the components, as distinct from a chemical compound.
4 ingredients mixed together to produce a substance, esp. a medicine (cough mixture).
5 a person regarded as a combination of qualities and attributes.
6 gas or vaporized petrol or oil mixed with air, forming an explosive charge in an internal-combustion engine.
1 the process of mixing or being mixed.
2 the result of mixing; something mixed; a combination.
3 Chem. the product of the random distribution of one substance through another without any chemical reaction taking place between the components, as distinct from a chemical compound.
4 ingredients mixed together to produce a substance, esp. a medicine (cough mixture).
5 a person regarded as a combination of qualities and attributes.
6 gas or vaporized petrol or oil mixed with air, forming an explosive charge in an internal-combustion engine.
Idiom
the mixture as before the same treatment repeated.
Etymology
ME f. F mixture or L mixtura (as MIXED)
THESAURUS
Mixture
English horn, admixture, alloy, alloying, amalgam, amalgamating, amalgamation, assemblage, assembly, associating, association, assortment, balm, balsam, bassoon, blend, blending, block flute, bombard, bourdon, brew, building, buildup, cello, chemical solution, claribel, clarinet, clarion, collectanea, combination, combining, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compost, compound, concert flute, concoction, confection, conglomerate, conglomeration, constitution, construction, contrariety, contrast, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cymbel, decoction, decoctum, departure, deviation, diapason, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disparity, dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, divergence, divergency, diversity, drops, drug, dulciana, electuary, elixir, embodiment, ensemble, ethical drug, fabrication, far cry, farrago, fashioning, flute stop, formation, foundation stop, fourniture, fusing, fusion, gallimaufry, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, generic name, getup, goulash, harmonic flute, hash, herbs, heterogeneity, hodgepodge, hybrid stop, immixture, inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, incorporation, inequality, infusion, inhalant, inharmoniousness, inharmony, interfusion, intermingling, intermixture, interweaving, irreconcilability, jumble, junction, koppel flute, larigot, leach, leachate, lincture, linctus, lixivium, magma, make, makeup, materia medica, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, medley, melange, melodia, merger, merging, mess, mingling, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mix-up, mixing, mutation stop, nazard, nonconformity, nonprescription drug, oboe, octave, oddments, odds, odds and ends, officinal, olio, olla podrida, omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, opposition, organ stop, organization, otherness, paste, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, piccolo, piecing together, plein jeu, posaune, powder, preparation, prescription drug, principal, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, putting together, quint, quintaten, ragout, rank, ranket, reed stop, register, rohr flute, salmagundi, separateness, sesquialtera, setup, shaping, shawm, simples, solution, spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop, structure, structuring, sundries, syneresis, synthesis, syrup, theraputant, tierce, tisane, tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unconformity, unda maris, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variegation, variety, vegetable remedies, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humanaROGET THESAURUS
Mixture
Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.
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