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Webster 1913 Edition

Admixture

Ad-mix′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Admixture

ADMIX'TURE

,
Noun.
[From admix.]
The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. We say, an admixture of sulphur with alum, or the admixture of different bodies.

Definition 2024

admixture

admixture

English

Noun

admixture ‎(plural admixtures)

  1. An instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something.
    The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
    1. A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
      • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
        […] the wood still flourished high and dense, all of fir on the land side, but towards the sea with a large admixture of live oaks.
      • 1928, H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, The Curse of Yig:
        Both were lean, raw-boned specimens; the man tall, sandy, and grey-eyed, and the woman short and rather dark, with a black straightness of hair suggesting a slight Indian admixture.
  2. A mixture, in some contexts
    1. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
      Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.

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Latin

Participle

admixtūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of admixtūrus

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