1. mixture(n = noun.substance) Array - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding); Array
is a kind of substance
has particulars: alloy, metal, colloid, composition, mechanical mixture, eutectic, solution, suspension, freezing mixture, greek fire, gummite, lamellar mixture, matte, oxyacetylene, mineral jelly, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, plaster, soda lime
Derived form verb mix1
2. mixture(n = noun.food) concoction, intermixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
is a kind of food product, foodstuff
has particulars: mincemeat, dressing, stuffing, roux, batter, dough, mix, premix, filling
Derived form verb mix1
3. mixture(n = noun.group) assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety - 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"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has particulars: grab bag, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth, range, selection, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, alphabet soup, sampler
Derived form verb mix1
4. mixture(n = noun.event) mix - an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"
is a kind of combine, combining
has particulars: concoction, blend
Derived forms verb mix4, verb mix5
5. mixture(n = noun.act) admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
Derived forms verb mix4, verb mix1, verb mix5
1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. [1913 Webster]
"There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence." [1913 Webster]
3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. [1913 Webster]
"Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution." [1913 Webster]
4. A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to
5. 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
6. An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also
mixture, n.
1 the process of mixing or being mixed.
2 the result of mixing; something mixed; a combination.
3 Chem. the product of the random distribution of one substance through another without any chemical reaction taking place between the components, as distinct from a chemical compound.
4 ingredients mixed together to produce a substance, esp. a medicine (cough mixture).
5 a person regarded as a combination of qualities and attributes.
6 gas or vaporized petrol or oil mixed with air, forming an explosive charge in an internal-combustion engine.
Idiom:
the mixture as before the same treatment repeated.
Etymology:
ME f. F mixture or L mixtura (as MIXED)
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.
bordeaux mixture, brompton mixture, brompton's mixture, explosive mixture, freezing mixture, heather mixture, lamellar mixture, mechanical mixture, smoking mixture