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 Definitions of Mixture  [ˈmɪks tʃər]  

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Definition of 'Mixture' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mixture
a product of mixing.

2.  mixture
any combination or blend of different elements.

3.  mixture
an aggregate of substances not chemically united and existing in no fixed proportion to each other.

4.  mixture
a fabric woven of yarns combining various colors:
a heather mixture.

5.  mixture
the act of mixing or the state of being mixed.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME < L mixtūra=mixt(us)mixed+-ūra -ure)

Definition of 'Mixture' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mixture
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)

2. (noun) concoction, mixture, intermixture
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

3. (noun) assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
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"

4. (noun) mix, mixture
an event that combines things in a mixture
"a gradual mixture of cultures"

5. (noun) mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing
the act of mixing together
"paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"


Definition of 'Mixture' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) mixture
a combination of substances or foods
a mixture of sand, water, and lime; a mixture of herbs

2.  mixture
a combination of different things
a mixture of excitement and worry; The movie was a mixture of fun and thrills.


Definition of 'Mixture' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Mixture
the act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients

2. (noun) Mixture
that which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley

3. (noun) Mixture
an ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient

4. (noun) Mixture
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

5. (noun) Mixture
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; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter

6. (noun) Mixture
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


Translation of 'Mixture' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the result of mixing things or people together
a mixture of eggs, flour and milk.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mengsel Arabic flag Arabic: مَزيج، خَليط Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: смесица
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mistura Czech flag Czech: směs(ice) German flag German: die Mischung
Danish flag Danish: blanding; -blanding Greek flag Greek: μείγμα Spanish flag Spanish: mezcla
Estonian flag Estonian: segu Farsi flag Farsi: مخلوط Finnish flag Finnish: sekoitus
French flag French: mélange Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַעֲרוֹבֶת Hindi flag Hindi: मिश्रण, घोल
Croatian flag Croatian: mješavina Hungarian flag Hungarian: keverék Indonesian flag Indonesian: campuran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: blanda Italian flag Italian: miscuglio, miscela Japanese flag Japanese: 混合物
Korean flag Korean: 혼합 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mišinys Latvian flag Latvian: maisījums
Malay flag Malay: campuran Dutch flag Dutch: mengsel Norwegian flag Norwegian: røre, blanding
Polish flag Polish: mieszanina Persian flag Persian: از چيزى مخلوط Pashto flag Pashto: څو ګډ شيان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mistura Romanian flag Romanian: amestec Russian flag Russian: смесь
Slovak flag Slovak: zmes Slovenian flag Slovenian: mešanica Serbian flag Serbian: smesa
Swedish flag Swedish: blandning Thai flag Thai: ส่วนผสม Turkish flag Turkish: karışım
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 混合物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: суміш Urdu flag Urdu: آمیزہ ، مرکب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hỗn hợp Chinese flag Chinese: 混合物

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