different between admixture vs mixtion

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 Middle French mixtion, mixion, and its source, Latin mixti?, from mixtus (“mixed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?kst??n/

Noun

mixtion (countable and uncountable, plural mixtions)

1. (archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

     Nor are there hardly any who either treat of mutation or mixtion of sexes, who have not left some mention of this point […]

2. (obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
3. (obsolete) A chemical compound.
4. (obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size or mordant for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
5. (obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
6. (obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “mixtion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mixti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

mixtion f (plural mixtions)

1. mixtion (compound of drugs)

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mixti?.

Noun

mixtion f (oblique plural mixtions, nominative singular mixtion, nominative plural mixtions)

1. mixtion (compound of drugs)

Synonyms

• commixtion