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mixture meaning

EN[ˈmɪkstʃɚ] [ˈmɪkstʃə]
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WMixture
  • In chemistry, a mixture is a material system made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined chemically.
  • Mixtures are the one product of a mechanical blending or mixing of chemical substances like elements and compounds, without chemical bonding or other chemical change, so that each ingredient substance retains its own chemical properties and makeup.

    Definition of mixture in English Dictionary

  • NounPLmixturesSUF-ure
    1. The act of mixing.
      1. The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
    2. Something produced by mixing.
      1. An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
    3. Something that consists of diverse elements.
      1. The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
    4. A medicinal compound.
      1. A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Isoflurane induced an EEG with burst suppression without any SWDs, the combination of the neurolept analgesic anaesthesia mixture allowed the occurrence of SWD after isoflurane was washed-out.
      • Two weeks after the last injection, mice were anesthetized using a mixture of zoletil and rompun and 2 liver lobes were excised (equivalent to 50% hepatectomy).
      • A complex mixture of adducts arose from the reaction of isobenzofuran 67 with Smith’s diene (4) as addition occurred nonstereospecifically at both π-centers of 4.
    2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
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    1. en mixtures
    2. en mixture of acetonitrile and trifluoroacetic acid
    Source: Wiktionary

    Meaning of mixture for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "mixture" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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