Mix"ture (?), n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F.
mixture. See Mix.]
1. The act of
mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker.
2. That which results from mixing different
ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley.
There is also a mixture of good and evil
wisely distributed by God, to serve
the ends of his providence.
Atterbury. 3. An ingredient entering into a mixed
mass; an additional ingredient.
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that
had not a prevailing mixture
of piety in
its constitution.
Addison.
4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed
to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely
dissolved.
5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and
uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.
6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five
ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also
furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.
Syn. --
Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
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