• Admixture

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    Noun

    admixture

    (plural admixtures)
    1. An instance of admixing, a mixing-in of something.The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
      1. A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
        • 1883, w, w:Treasure Island, ... 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.
        • 1928, H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, The Curse of Yig, Both were lean, raw-boned specimens; the man tall, sandy, and grey-eyed, and the woman short and rather dark, with a black straightness of hair suggesting a slight Indian admixture.
    2. A mixture, in some contexts
      1. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.

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