immiscible

[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪˈmɪs ə bəl /

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adjective

not miscible; incapable of being mixed.

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Origin of immiscible

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

OTHER WORDS FROM immiscible

im·mis·ci·bil·i·ty, nounim·mis·ci·bly, adverb

Words nearby immiscible

imminence, imminent, imminently, Immingham, immingle, immiscible, immiserate, immiserize, immitigable, immittance, immix

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How to use immiscible in a sentence

They are unassimilable and immiscible without rapid degeneracy.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, June 1899|Various
And being a nation without a fatherland, you run like a disturbing immiscible fluid through the blood of all the nations.
Windfalls|(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
About one fourth of it was rendered immiscible in water, and was but weakly inflammable.
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air|Joseph Priestley
When the components are completely immiscible, the vapour pressure of the one is not influenced by the presence of the other.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5|Various

It was like the mixture of two immiscible liquids—oil, for instance, shaken up with water.
Over Prairie Trails|Frederick Philip Grove

British Dictionary definitions for immiscible

immiscible

/ (ɪˈmɪsɪbəl) /

adjective

(of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substanceoil and water are immiscible

Derived forms of immiscible

immiscibility, nounimmiscibly, adverb

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Scientific definitions for 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.