Mixture
['mɪkstʃə] or ['mɪkstʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding).
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Definition
(n.) The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.
(n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley.
(n.) An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.
(n.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.
(n.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.
(n.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Compound, medley, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, hodge-podge, olio.[2]. Miscellany, variety, diversity.
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Examples
- Undoubtedly, he said, the form of government which you describe is a mixture of good and evil. Plato. The Republic.
- He regarded it as a mixture of jealousy and dunderheaded prejudice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The coloring substances are pulverized and the mixture ground. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He had invented, he informed us, a new mixture to moisten paint with, which he described as a vehicle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With this idea suggested, one might suppose that it would be a simple matter to make molds and pour in a concrete mixture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In general she recoiled from touch or close approach with a mixture of embarrassment and coldness far from flattering to those who offered her aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You remind me, then, of a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed, viewing with a mixture of fire and fear the first entrance of the breaker-in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was at this point that invention commenced, in order to produce a concrete mixture which would overcome this crucial difficulty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My guardian stopped and looked at him with a whimsical mixture of amusement and indignation in his face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The rats will devour the mixture and then drink, whereupon the plaster, brought into contact with the water, will become solid and like a stone in their stomachs, which will cause their deaths. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In their marriages, they are exactly careful to choose such colours as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- And do not the two styles, or the mixture of the two, comprehend all poetry, and every form of expression in words? Plato. The Republic.
- By placing certain mixtures of carbon and sand, or of carbon and clay, between the terminals of a powerful current, a material resembling diamonds, but harder, has been produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As is well known common salt mixed with pounded ice or snow lowers the temperature to a considerable degree, so there are other mixtures which will produce a still greater degree of cold. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- These primary qualities are extension and solidity, with their different mixtures and modifications; figure, motion, gravity, and cohesion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The brines and curing mixtures are prepared by trained men who do no other work but this. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Alloys, or mixtures of different metals, act in a similar manner, but in varying degrees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And good fortune frequently contributes to all this, by discovering the effects that result from the different mixtures and combinations of bodies. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Hence the early chemists made all possible mixtures of pitch, resin, naphtha, sulphur, saltpeter, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He employs two different mixtures, one a feebly explosive mixture, and the other a strongly explosive mixture, used to operate on the piston and thus prolong the explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Refrigerating salts and mixtures are used to produce cold artificially. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Furnacemen object to more than a very small proportion of fine ore in their mixtures, particularly when the ore is magnetic, not easily reduced. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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