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immiscible
[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]
immiscible
/ ɪˈmɪsɪbəl /
adjective
- (of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance
oil and water are immiscible
immiscible
/ ĭ-mĭs′ə-bəl /
- Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible.
- Compare miscible
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Derived Forms
- imˈmiscibly, adverb
- imˌmisciˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- im·misci·bili·ty noun
- im·misci·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of immiscible1
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Example Sentences
They are unassimilable and immiscible without rapid degeneracy.
And being a nation without a fatherland, you run like a disturbing immiscible fluid through the blood of all the nations.
About one fourth of it was rendered immiscible in water, and was but weakly inflammable.
When the components are completely immiscible, the vapour pressure of the one is not influenced by the presence of the other.
It was like the mixture of two immiscible liquids—oil, for instance, shaken up with water.
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