admixture
pronunciation
How to pronounce admixture in British English:
UK [ədˈmɪkstʃə(r)]
How to pronounce admixture in American English:
US [ædˈmɪkstʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
- the act of mixing together
Word Origin
- admixture (n.)
- c. 1600, with -ure, from admix (1530s), a back-formation from admixt (early 15c.), from Latin admixtus "mixed with," past participle of admiscere "to add to by mingling, mix with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + miscere "to mix" (see mix). In Middle English admixt was mistaken as a past participle of a (then) non-existent *admix. Earlier in this sense was admixtion (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Bandage with camphor admixture , plaster .
- 2. Air entraining and water reducing admixture .
- 3. The quality of the inhabitancy definite request admixture and collectivize .
- 4. Admixture mapping of obesity-related traits in african americans : the atherosclerosis risk in communities ( aric ) study .
- 5. To study the effect of dividual decocting and admixture decocting on major qi infusing decoction .