mixtion
/ˈmɪkst͡ʃən/
mixtion noun: the act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
Noun
mixtion (countable and uncountable, plural mixtions)
- The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
- Nor are there hardly any who either treat of mutation or mixtion of sexes, who have not left some mention of this point […]1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17
- A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
- A chemical compound.
- 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.
- The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
- A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Forms of mixtion
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Origin of mixtion
From Middle French mixtion, mixion, and its source, Latin mixtiō, from mixtus (“mixed”).
Questions about mixtion
- What does mixtion mean?
- Mixtion means the act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
- What part of speech is mixtion?
- Mixtion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mixtion?
- Mixtion is pronounced /ˈmɪkst͡ʃən/.
- What is the plural of mixtion?
- The plural of mixtion is mixtions.
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