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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
- imˌmisciˈbility, noun
- imˈmiscibly, adverb
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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.
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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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