1.  mixture(n = noun.substance) - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding);
Derived form verb mix₁

2.  mixture(n = noun.food) concoction, intermixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
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"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"; "he had a variety of disorders"
Derived form verb mix₁

4.  mixture(n = noun.event) mix - an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures"
Derived form 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"
Derived form verb mix₁, verb mix₄, 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]

3.  An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. [1913 Webster]

4.  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. [1913 Webster]

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 compound and solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter. [1913 Webster]

6.  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. [1913 Webster]

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.