admixture

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Noun

admixture (plural admixtures)

1. A mixture; used especially in several contexts:
   1. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.

      Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.

   2. A mixture of genetically differentiated groups.
      • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, 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.

      • 1928, H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, The Curse of Yig:

        Both were lean, raw-boned specimens; the man tall, sandy, and grey-eyed, and the woman short and rather dark, with a black straightness of hair suggesting a slight Indian admixture.

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• admix

Translations

mixture

Bulgarian: смес (bg), примес (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 混合, simpl. 混合物 Finnish: sekoitus (fi)

Greek: πρόσμιξη (el) (prósmixi) f., σύμμιξη (el) (sýmmixi) f.

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French: mélange German: Beimischung Interlingua: admixtion

Italian: mescolanza f. Spanish: adición f., mezcla f.