Meaning of mixture in English

mixture

noun

/ˈmɪks.tʃər/ us

/ˈmɪks.tʃɚ/

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a substance made from a combination of different substances, or any combination of different things:

The mixture of flour, water, and yeast is then left in a warm place for four hours.

Their latest CD is a mixture of new and old songs.

Synonym

assortment

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the process of mixing

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a type of medicine that has to be shaken before being used:

cough mixture

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Roughly half (of) the class are Spanish and the others are a mixture of nationalities.
The mixture hardens as it cools.
A simple mixture of glucose and water can save lives in many parts of the world.
Some people call English a mongrel language because it is a mixture of old German and French.
A mixture of selected funds is an optimum choice for future security and return on investment.

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mixture

noun [ C ]

/ˈmɪks·tʃər/

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a combination of substances resulting from mixing them together so that they cannot be easily separated:

It’s a highly explosive mixture and has to be handled carefully.

A mixture is also any combination of different things:

Good fashion designers often rely on a mixture of the old and the new.

(Definition of mixture from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of mixture

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The methane content in the mixtures varied from 2 to 10 % according to the latest estimations for this molecule in the satellite's atmosphere.

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The construction process so far has used an aluminum mandrel for coating either thin multi-layers or mixtures, and then mandrel removal by an aqueous solution.

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In chromatic luminance space, this scheme would require that a majority of neurons be preferentially tuned to mixtures of chromaticity and luminance variations. 2!

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They could form only imperfect mixtures which gave rise to the different qualities of mixts.

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Grinding also has an effect on the spectral properties of many mixtures because the weaker grains are damaged preferentially.

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Such mixtures of electrons, ions, and charged grains distinguish themselves from ordinary plasmas in various ways.

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No data exist for the effects of basic salts or their mixtures on hosts infected with other endoparasites.

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Chirality is generally considered to be indicative of extant life only - chiral mixtures quickly become racemic due to natural diffusion with the outside environment.

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Other models are life cycle, intergenerational with retirement, uncertain lifetimes, accidental and deliberate bequests, as well as mixtures of these.

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Traditionally, banana stands were very long-lived and far mers often inherited existing cultivar mixtures from preceding generations.

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The pre-treatment of cercariae led to a reduced lifespan compared to concurrently administered metal mixtures.

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Up to 100 % survival was reached in 1 cm cubes of soil mixtures containing spores in concentrations comparable to that in natural soil.

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Furthermore, unreacted amino acids could not be recovered from these reaction mixtures.

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Preliminary results on the chemical processing of neat carbon dioxide ices, carbon dioxide-ethylene mixtures, and of carbon monoxidemethane ices are also presented.

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Also, hin is higher in gas mixtures with hydrogen.

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Collocations with mixture

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complex mixture

The advantage of our model lies in the fact that we are describing a complex mixture of molecules with an average molecular structure.

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curious mixture

The result is a curious mixture.

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explosive mixture

In 1977, a waste shaft filled with an explosive mixture of waste and chemicals exploded, spraying radioactive material into the surrounding environment.

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Translations of mixture

in Chinese (Traditional)

混合物, 混合體, 混合料…

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