commixture

2 definitions found

commixture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Commixture \Com*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. commixtura.]
     1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled;
        the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.
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              In the commixture of anything that is more oily or
              sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound;
        a mixture. --Bacon.
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commixture - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  commixture
      n 1: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour
           and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording
           studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture,
           intermixture, mixing]