Commixture

2 definitions found

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

  Commixture \Com*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. commixtura.]
     1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled;
        the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.
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              In the commixture of anything that is more oily or


              sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound;
        a mixture. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commixture
       n : 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}, {admixture}, {mixture}, {intermixture},
            {mixing}]