admixture

1 the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something [syn: alloy]

2 an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand" [syn: intermixture]

3 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, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. something that is mixed together
2. the mixing 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.

Translations

• French: mélange
• German: Beimischung
• Interlingua: admixtion
• Italian: mescolanza
• Spanish: adición , mezcla

• Colligative properties
• Molar solution
• Percentage solution
• Plasticizer
• Separation process
• Solubility equilibrium
• Superplasticizer
• Suspension (chemistry)
• Water reducer

References

External links

• IUPAC Gold Book Definition

accretion, addition, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, bit, blend, blending, coalescence, combination, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, dash, doctor, eclecticism, ensemble, fortification, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, magma, merger, mingling, mix, mix-up, mixing, mixture, paste, pluralism, shade, smack, spice, syncretism, taint, tinge