Crossword clues for admixture
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Admixture \Ad*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]
The act of mixing; mixture.
The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
That which is mixed with anything.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, with -ure, from admix (1530s), a back-formation from admixt (early 15c.), from Latin admixtus "mixed with," past participle of admiscere "to add to by mingling, mix with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + miscere "to mix" (see mix). In Middle English admixt was mistaken as a past participle of a (then) non-existent *admix. Earlier in this sense was admixtion (late 14c.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 An instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something. 2 # A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock. 3 A mixture, in some contexts 4 # (context epilepsy English) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
WordNet
n. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something [syn: alloy]
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]
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]
Wikipedia
Admixture can refer to:
- Genetic admixture, the result of interbreeding between two or more previously isolated populations within a species.
- Racial admixture, admixture between humans, also referred to as Miscegenation
- Hybrid
- Mixture, the chemical substance which results when two different materials are combined without occurrence of chemical reactions
- Admixture (concrete), the chemicals used to aid the properties of concrete or cement
Usage examples of "admixture".
Celestial Spirit but God, as knowing no admixture, gathered cleanly within itself.
It is not by some admixture of non-Being that one becomes an entire, but by putting non-Being away.
Their view is plausible because it rejects the notion of total admixture and because it recognizes that the masses of the mixing bodies must be whittled away if there is to be mixture without any gap, if, that is to say, each substance must be divided within itself through and through for complete interpenetration with the other.
Then, the Director had still been in the grip of a frightful gene-transmutation that had turned him into a thing from nightmare: a monstrous admixture of man and snake that reared out of radiant yellow mud.
In opposition to the anthropopathism of the Jewish Scriptures, the Alexandrian Jews endeavored to purify the idea of God from all admixture of the Human.
And, although amid the ever-growing degeneracy of mankind, this primeval word of revelation was falsified by the admixture of various errors, and overlaid and obscured by numberless and manifold fictions, inextricably confused, and disfigured almost beyond the power of recognition, still a profound inquiry will discover in heathenism many luminous vestiges of primitive Truth.
Let us remember that the coming American is to be an admixture of all foreign bloods.
In the opposing picket line, men and women of ordinary appearance were in the majority, though there was a noticeable admixture of men in biknis, and women in codpieced, translucent business suits.
Judging by the aroma of the first fumes, the tobacco certainly contained an admixture of something stronger.
Nevertheless, I owe it to myself to tell my readers that my pleasure was too pure to have in it any admixture of vice.
Their curiosity shewed me that the lady had told them of the secret, and with my astonishment there was some admixture of anger.
There is no independent data indicating any variation whatever in the methods of the admixture of black or colored inks, which differentiates them from those used in the earliest times of the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews or Chinese.
Frequent mention is made of sour galls, aleppo galls, green and blue vitriol, the lees of wine, black amber, sugar, fish-glue and a host of unimportant materials as being employed in the admixture of black inks.
Many of the tests specified in the Allen citation to determine the character of ink constituents, if made alone are practically valueless, because the same behavior occurs with different materials employed in the admixture of ink.
Boil the whole again in a covered vessel, and stir the fluid well to effect the complete solution and admixture of the gum arabic.