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admixture

noun
/ədˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From Latin admixtūra, from admixtus, past participle of admisceō (“to mix in”), from misceō (“to mix”). Analyzable as ad- + mixture.

  1. derived from admixtūra

Definitions

  1. An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

    • The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
    • Gas analysis of blood samples, obtained from different sites in the heart and great vessels, permits demonstration of admixture of oxygenated blood in the venous side or admixture of venous blood in the arterial side of the circulation.

  2. A mixture, in some contexts

The neighborhood

Derived

admix

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at admixture. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at admixture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at admixture

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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