admixtures

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.
      • 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.1928, H. P. Lovecraft, Zealia Bishop, The Curse of Yig
2. A mixture, in some contexts
3. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
   • Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.