miscible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Relating to two or more substances, such as water and alcohol, that can be mixed together or can dissolve into one another in any proportion without separating.
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Compare immiscible
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Etymology
Origin of miscible
1560–70; < Latin misc ( ēre ) to mix, mingle + -ible
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Explanation
Miscible is a fancy word for "mixable." You may have heard that oil and water are not very miscible substances, whereas seltzer and orange juice are miscible and delicious! Miscible is a word used by chemists to explain why some liquids mix together well, while others do not. Miscible liquids form homogeneous solutions, which is another way of saying liquids that have a uniform nature. Liquids that are not miscible will not form a new liquid; instead, they will each rest separately in a container (like oil and water). Miscible can also refer to solids and gases, although such use of the word is rare.
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Chemistry - High School
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Chemistry - Middle School
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Two partially miscible liquids usually form two layers when mixed.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Likewise, nonpolar liquids are miscible with each other because there is no appreciable difference in the strengths of solute-solute, solvent- solvent, and solute-solvent intermolecular attractions.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Suggest an explanation for the observations that ethanol, C2H5OH, is completely miscible with water and that ethanethiol, C2H5SH, is soluble only to the extent of 1.5 g per 100 mL of water.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The girls marched past progressively tougher words, from heroine, blossom and dentifrice to operose, miscible and quadrumanous.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most important of them is a confirmation of my conjecture, that fixed air is capable of forming an union with phlogiston, and thereby becoming a kind of air that is not miscible with water.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
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