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immiscible

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Adjective

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im=mis=ci=ble

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective immiscible has 1 sense

immiscible(a = adj.all) non-miscible, unmixable - (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing; Array

Antonym: miscible

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CIDE DICTIONARY

immiscible, a. [Pref. im- not + miscible: cf. F. immiscible.].

Not capable of being mixed or mingled. [1913 Webster]
"A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles." [1913 Webster]
Not miscible; forming two distinct phases when mixed at some concentration; -- of two liquids; as, water and gasoline are immiscible. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

immiscible, adj. (often foll. by with) that cannot be mixed.

Derivative

immiscibility n. immiscibly adv.

Etymology

LL immiscibilis (as IN-(1), MISCIBLE)

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ROGET THESAURUS

immiscible

Incoherence

N incoherence, nonadhesion, immiscibility, incoherence, looseness, laxity, relaxation, loosening, freedom, disjunction, rope of sand, nonadhesive, immiscible, incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming, disheveled, segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c, uncombined, noncohesive.

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