The Collaborative International Dictionary
Miscible \Mis"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. F. miscible, fr. L. miscere to
mix.]
Capable of being mixed; mixable.
--Burke.
2. (Chem.) Mixable in all proportions; forming a single phase when mixed in any proportion; -- of liquids; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions; water and gasoline are not miscible; benzene and ethyl alcohol are miscible, and ethyl alcohol is miscible with water, but water is not miscible with benzene..
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Medieval Latin miscibilis "mixable," from Latin miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)).
Wiktionary
a. (context physics of liquids English) that can be mixed together in all proportions
WordNet
adj. (chemistry, physics) capable of mixing [syn: mixable] [ant: immiscible]
Usage examples of "miscible".
They turned back to the others, their faces too vague to be readable, the colors miscible, like TV screens out of tune.
In this country it may be purchased as a powder, but not readily miscible with water, so that many persons fail in making the decoction.
It is a liquid miscible with water, and this stuff is a dilution of hydrocyanic acid.