different between admixture vs amalgamation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?kst??(?)/, /æd?m?kst??(?)/

Noun

admixture (countable and uncountable, 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.
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.

Related terms

• admix

Translations

Latin

Participle

admixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of admixt?rus

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæl???me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: a?mal?ga?ma?tion

Noun

amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)

1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
   1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Related terms

• amalgam
• amalgamate

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mal.?a.ma.sj??/
• Homophone: amalgamations

Noun

amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)

1. amalgamation

Further reading

• “amalgamation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).