Admixture
[əd'mɪkstʃə] or [əd'mɪkstʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; 'the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure'; 'a large intermixture of sand'.
(noun.) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something.
Inputed by Jon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of mixing; mixture.
(n.) The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
(n.) That which is mixed with anything.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Mixture.[2]. Spice, dash, infusion, sprinkling, touch, seasoning, smack, taste, tincture, tinge.
Typed by Geraldine
Examples
- A familiar illustration of the absorption of heat in changing from a solid to a liquid is found in the admixture of salt and ice around an ice-cream freezer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This mantle is suspended above the flame arising from a proper admixture of air and gas, and is heated thereby to a brilliant incandescence which furnishes the light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Jessica