Mixture \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix:
cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]
1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made
by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker.
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2. That which results from mixing different ingredients
together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses
and water; -- also, a medley.
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There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely
distributed by God, to serve the ends of his
providence. --Atterbury.
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3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional
ingredient.
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Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a
community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture
of piety in its constitution. --Addison.
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4. (Med.) 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.
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5. (Physics & Chem.) 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 and
solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of
carbon, sulphur, and niter.
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6. (Mus.) 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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Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mixture
n 1: (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances
mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with
chemical bonding)
2: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction, intermixture]
3: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a
variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
religions" [syn: assortment, mixed bag, miscellany,
miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri,
motley]
4: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual
mixture of cultures" [syn: mix]
5: 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, admixture, intermixture,
mixing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
235 Moby Thesaurus words for "mixture":
English horn, admixture, alloy, alloying, amalgam, amalgamating,
amalgamation, assemblage, assembly, associating, association,
assortment, balm, balsam, bassoon, blend, blending, block flute,
bombard, bourdon, brew, building, buildup, cello,
chemical solution, claribel, clarinet, clarion, collectanea,
combination, combining, combo, commixture, composite, composition,
compost, compound, concert flute, concoction, confection,
conglomerate, conglomeration, constitution, construction,
contrariety, contrast, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cymbel,
decoction, decoctum, departure, deviation, diapason, difference,
disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disconformity,
discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disparity,
dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness,
divergence, divergency, diversity, drops, drug, dulciana,
electuary, elixir, embodiment, ensemble, ethical drug, fabrication,
far cry, farrago, fashioning, flute stop, formation,
foundation stop, fourniture, fusing, fusion, gallimaufry, gamba,
gedeckt, gemshorn, generic name, getup, goulash, harmonic flute,
hash, herbs, heterogeneity, hodgepodge, hybrid stop, immixture,
inaccordance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency,
inconsonance, incorporation, inequality, infusion, inhalant,
inharmoniousness, inharmony, interfusion, intermingling,
intermixture, interweaving, irreconcilability, jumble, junction,
koppel flute, larigot, leach, leachate, lincture, linctus,
lixivium, magma, make, makeup, materia medica, medicament,
medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, medley, melange,
melodia, merger, merging, mess, mingling, miscellanea, miscellany,
mishmash, mix, mix-up, mixing, mutation stop, nazard,
nonconformity, nonprescription drug, oboe, octave, oddments, odds,
odds and ends, officinal, olio, olla podrida, omnium gatherum,
omnium-gatherum, opposition, organ stop, organization, otherness,
paste, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, piccolo,
piecing together, plein jeu, posaune, powder, preparation,
prescription drug, principal, proprietary, proprietary medicine,
proprietary name, putting together, quint, quintaten, ragout, rank,
ranket, reed stop, register, rohr flute, salmagundi, separateness,
sesquialtera, setup, shaping, shawm, simples, solution,
spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute,
string diapason, string stop, structure, structuring, sundries,
syneresis, synthesis, syrup, theraputant, tierce, tisane, tremolo,
trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unconformity, unda maris, unlikeness,
unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variegation, variety,
vegetable remedies, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica,
vox humana
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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