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Noun
something that is mixed together
the mixing of genetically differentiated groups
*
1883:
w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson
,
w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
*: ...the wood still flourished high and dense, all of fir on the land side, but towards the sea with a large
admixture
of live oaks.
Translations
French:
mélange
German:
Beimischung
Interlingua
:
admixtion
Italian:
mescolanza
Spanish:
adición
,
mezcla
ar:admixture
hu:admixture
ta:admixture
te:admixture
vi:admixture
tr:admixture
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Admixture \Ad*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to
admix; ad + miscere to mix. See
Mix
.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The act of mixing; mixture.
[1913 Webster]
2. The compound formed by mixing different substances
together.
[1913 Webster]
3. That which is mixed with anything.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet
admixture
n 1: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of
something [syn:
alloy
]
2: 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
]
3: 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
]
Moby Dictionary
accretion
,
addition
,
alloy
,
alloyage
,
amalgam
,
amalgamation
,
bit
,
blend
,
blending
,
coalescence
,
combination
,
combo
,
comminglement
,
commingling
,
commixture
,
composite
,
composition
,
compound
,
concoction
,
confection
,
dash
,
doctor
,
eclecticism
,
ensemble
,
fortification
,
fusion
,
immixture
,
integration
,
interfusion
,
interlarding
,
interlardment
,
interminglement
,
intermingling
,
intermixture
,
magma
,
merger
,
mingling
,
mix
,
mix-up
,
mixing
,
mixture
,
paste
,
pluralism
,
shade
,
smack
,
spice
,
syncretism
,
taint
,
tinge
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