admixture

Definition

An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

Etymology

From Latin admixtūra, from admixtus, past participle of admisceō (“to mix in”), from misceō (“to mix”). Analyzable as ad- + mixture.

Example Sentences

• "The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor."
• "Gas analysis of blood samples, obtained from different sites in the heart and great vessels, permits demonstration of admixture of oxygenated blood in the venous side or admixture of venous blood in the arterial side of the circulation."
• "[…] 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."