'Mixture' definitions:
Definition of 'mixture'
From: WordNet
noun
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
noun
Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction, mixture, intermixture]
noun
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" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
noun
An event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" [syn: mix, mixture]
noun
The act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]
Definition of 'Mixture'
From: GCIDE
- Mixture \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]
- 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. --Atterbury. [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. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) 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. (Physics & Chem.) 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. (Mus.) 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]
- Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mixture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admixture,
- alloy,
- alloying,
- amalgam,
- amalgamating,
- amalgamation,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- associating,
- association,
- assortment,
- balm,
- balsam,
- bassoon,
- blend,
- blending,
- block flute,
- bombard,
- bourdon,
- brew,
- building,
- buildup,
- cello,
- chemical solution,
- claribel,
- clarinet,
- clarion,
- collectanea,
- combination,
- combining,
- combo,
- commixture,
- composite,
- composition,
- compost,
- compound,
- concert flute,
- concoction,
- confection,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- constitution,
- construction,
- contrariety,
- contrast,
- cornet,
- cornopean,
- cromorna,
- cymbel,
- decoction,
- decoctum,
- departure,
- deviation,
- diapason,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disagreement,
- disconformity,
- discongruity,
- discordance,
- discrepancy,
- discreteness,
- disparity,
- dissent,
- dissimilarity,
- dissonance,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- divergence,
- divergency,
- diversity,
- drops,
- drug,
- dulciana,
- electuary,
- elixir,
- embodiment,
- English horn,
- ensemble,
- ethical drug,
- fabrication,
- far cry,
- farrago,
- fashioning,
- flute stop,
- formation,
- foundation stop,
- fourniture,
- fusing,
- fusion,
- gallimaufry,
- gamba,
- gedeckt,
- gemshorn,
- generic name,
- getup,
- goulash,
- harmonic flute,
- hash,
- herbs,
- heterogeneity,
- hodgepodge,
- hybrid stop,
- immixture,
- inaccordance,
- incompatibility,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- incorporation,
- inequality,
- infusion,
- inhalant,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- interfusion,
- intermingling,
- intermixture,
- interweaving,
- irreconcilability,
- jumble,
- junction,
- koppel flute,
- larigot,
- leach,
- leachate,
- lincture,
- linctus,
- lixivium,
- magma,
- make,
- makeup,
- materia medica,
- medicament,
- medication,
- medicinal,
- medicinal herbs,
- medicine,
- medley,
- melange,
- melodia,
- merger,
- merging,
- mess,
- mingling,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mix,
- mix-up,
- mixing,
- mutation stop,
- nazard,
- nonconformity,
- nonprescription drug,
- oboe,
- octave,
- oddments,
- odds,
- odds and ends,
- officinal,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnium gatherum,
- omnium-gatherum,
- opposition,
- organ stop,
- organization,
- otherness,
- paste,
- patent medicine,
- pharmacon,
- physic,
- piccolo,
- piecing together,
- plein jeu,
- posaune,
- powder,
- preparation,
- prescription drug,
- principal,
- proprietary,
- proprietary medicine,
- proprietary name,
- putting together,
- quint,
- quintaten,
- ragout,
- rank,
- ranket,
- reed stop,
- register,
- rohr flute,
- salmagundi,
- separateness,
- sesquialtera,
- setup,
- shaping,
- shawm,
- simples,
- solution,
- spitz flute,
- stop,
- stopped diapason,
- stopped flute,
- string diapason,
- string stop,
- structure,
- structuring,
- sundries,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- syrup,
- theraputant,
- tierce,
- tisane,
- tremolo,
- trombone,
- trumpet,
- twelfth,
- unconformity,
- unda maris,
- unlikeness,
- unorthodoxy,
- variance,
- variation,
- variegation,
- variety,
- vegetable remedies,
- vibrato,
- viola,
- voix celeste,
- vox angelica,
- vox humana