mixture
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
mixture (plural mixtures)
- The act of mixing.
- The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
- Something produced by mixing.
- Something that consists of diverse elements
- A medicinal compound
- A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
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Translations [edit]
act of mixing
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something produced by mixing
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External links [edit]
- mixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mixture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Participle [edit]
mixtūre
- vocative masculine singular of mixtūrus
