Mixture Illustrations
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The act of mixing.
‘The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.’;
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Something produced by mixing.
‘An alloy is a mixture of two metals.’;
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Something that consists of diverse elements.
‘The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.’;
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A medicinal compound.
‘A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals’;
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(India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
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The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.
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That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; - also, a medley.
‘There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence.’;
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An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.
‘Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution.’;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
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any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;
‘he volunteered to taste her latest concoction’; ‘he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade’;
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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’;
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an event that combines things in a mixture;
‘a gradual mixture of cultures’;
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the act of mixing together;
‘paste made by a mix of flour and water’; ‘the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio’;
Mixture
In chemistry, a mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances which are not chemically combined. A mixture is the physical combination of two or more substances in which the identities are retained and are mixed in the form of solutions, suspensions and colloids.Mixtures are one product of mechanically blending or mixing chemical substances such as elements and compounds, without chemical bonding or other chemical change, so that each ingredient substance retains its own chemical properties and makeup.
