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admixture

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ad·mix·ture  (d-mkschr)
n.
1.
a. The act of mixing or mingling.
b. The state of being mingled or mixed.
2. Something that is produced by mixing; a mixture.
3. Something added in mixing. See Synonyms at mixture.
admixture
Noun
1. a mixture
2. an ingredient
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Noun1.admixture - the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
alloy
impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
2.admixture - an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand"
intermixture
ingredient - a component of a mixture or compound
3.admixtureadmixture - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
commixture, mixing, intermixture, mix, mixture
compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole
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They should observe what elements mingle in their off spring; for if the son of a golden or silver parent has an admixture of brass and iron, then nature orders a transposition of ranks, and the eye of the ruler must not be pitiful towards the child because he has to descend in the scale and become a husbandman or artisan, just as there may be sons of artisans who having an admixture of gold or silver in them are raised to honour, and become guardians or auxiliaries.
The Republic by Plato View in context
Very close around the stockade--too close for defence, they said--the wood still flourished high and dense, all of fir on the land side, but towards the sea with a large admixture of live-oaks.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
The pure strain of the blood of this first black man has remained untainted by admixture with other creatures in the race of which I am a member; but from the sixteen-legged worm, the first ape and renegade black man has sprung every other form of animal life upon Barsoom.
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