immiscible

[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not miscible; incapable of being mixed.

immiscible

/ ɪˈmɪsɪbəl /

adjective

1. (of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance

   oil and water are immiscible

immiscible

/ ĭ-mĭs′ə-bəl /

1. Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible.
2. Compare miscible

Derived Forms

• imˈmiscibly, adverb
• imˌmisciˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• im·misci·bili·ty noun
• im·misci·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of immiscible¹

First recorded in 1665–75; im- ² + miscible

Example Sentences

They are unassimilable and immiscible without rapid degeneracy.

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And being a nation without a fatherland, you run like a disturbing immiscible fluid through the blood of all the nations.

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About one fourth of it was rendered immiscible in water, and was but weakly inflammable.

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When the components are completely immiscible, the vapour pressure of the one is not influenced by the presence of the other.

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It was like the mixture of two immiscible liquids—oil, for instance, shaken up with water.

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