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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

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immiscible

/ ĭ-mĭsə-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


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Derived Forms

  • imˌmisciˈbility, noun
  • imˈmiscibly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • im·misci·bili·ty noun
  • im·misci·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of immiscible1

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