mixture
a product of mixing.
any combination or blend of different elements, kinds, qualities, etc.: a mixture of good and bad traits.
Origin of mixture
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Other words from mixture
- su·per·mix·ture, noun
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How to use mixture in a sentence
To demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, they showed how it helped CAR T-cells pick out and destroy specific tumor cells in a mixture of several different cell types.
Scientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T-Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles | Edd Gent | August 24, 2020 | Singularity HubShe also made sure the tasters weren’t rubbing the mixture around in their mouths to where they might feel a difference.
Can we taste fat? The brain thinks so | Bethany Brookshire | July 24, 2020 | Science News For StudentsEssentially all known chemical reactions produce even mixtures of both.
Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA | Charlie Wood | June 29, 2020 | Quanta MagazineKjøniksen had previously used urea to make plastic mixtures less viscous, or thick.
Astronauts may be able to make cement with their own pee | Lisa Grossman | June 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThese mixtures allow nerve cells called olfactory receptor neurons to fire off smell signals to the brain.
The way the coronavirus messes with smell hints at how it affects the brain | Laura Sanders | June 12, 2020 | Science News
This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding | Carla Hall | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding | Carla Hall | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRemove some shallots from the buttermilk and dredge in the seasoned flour mixture.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole | Carla Hall | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAdd the water mixture all at once and pulse until the mixture just comes together.
I said that mixture of glamour and vulnerability is potent, especially if you can sense the vulnerability.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCompeting stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockHe carries a bamboo basket in which he has put a mixture containing a curious kind of poison.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeHer mother would have been inexpressibly shocked at such a mixture of love and religion.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterThe mixture was washed on the eighteenth of the said month, and a small grain of gold, weighing one-half real, was obtained.
From the said mixture, although they tried it several times, it was impossible to fuse or melt the said ore.
British Dictionary definitions for mixture
/ (ˈmɪkstʃə) /
the act of mixing or state of being mixed
something mixed; a result of mixing
chem a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together without any chemical bonding between them
pharmacol a liquid medicine in which an insoluble compound is suspended in the liquid
music an organ stop that controls several ranks of pipes sounding the upper notes in a harmonic series
the mixture of petrol vapour and air in an internal-combustion engine
Origin of mixture
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for mixture
[ mĭks′chər ]
A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
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