Admixture

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Admixture \Ad*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to
     admix; ad + miscere to mix. See {Mix}.]
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     1. The act of mixing; mixture.
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     2. The compound formed by mixing different substances
        together.
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     3. That which is mixed with anything.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  admixture
       n 1: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of
            something [syn: {alloy}]
       2: 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" [syn: {intermixture}]
       3: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour
          and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording
          studio" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {mixture}, {intermixture},
           {mixing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "admixture":
     accretion, addition, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, bit,
     blend, blending, coalescence, combination, combo, comminglement,
     commingling, commixture, composite, composition, compound,
     concoction, confection, dash, doctor, eclecticism, ensemble,
     fortification, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion,
     interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling,
     intermixture, magma, merger, mingling, mix, mix-up, mixing,
     mixture, paste, pluralism, shade, smack, spice, syncretism, taint,
     tinge