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mixture

noun
/ˈmɪkstʃə/UK/ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.

  1. derived from mixtūra
  2. derived from misture

Definitions

  1. The act of mixing.

    • The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

  2. Something produced by mixing.

    • An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

  3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

    • The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

      • A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

    2. A compound organ stop.

    3. A cloth of variegated colouring.

    4. A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

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Derived

admixture, bark mixture, Bekhterev's mixture, biomixture, Bordeau mixture, Bordeaux mixture, Brompton mixture, Burgundy mixture, chalk mixture, Cheshunt mixture, commixture, cough mixture, diastereomixture, dolly mixture, eutectic mixture, freezing mixture, Gregory's mixture, heather-mixture, heterogeneous mixture, homogeneous mixture, ideal mixture, intermixture, lawn mixture, mission mixture, mixtural, multimixture, premixture, reaction mixture, remixture, submixture, the mixture as before, the same mixture as before, Yorkshire mixture

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mixture. 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 mixture. 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 mixture

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA