admixture

[ ad-miks-cher ]

/ ædˈmɪks tʃər /

the act of mixing; state of being mixed.

anything added; any alien element or ingredient: This is a pure product; there are no admixtures.

a compound containing an admixture.

Origin of admixture

1595–1605; < Latin admixt(us) + -ure, on the model of mixture

The language of the Hazaras is an old dialect of Persian with some admixture of Turki words.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray
Greens and yellows made by the admixture of chrome are apt to be crude as compared with those in which cadmium was used.

The Painter in Oil |Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
On the other hand, Kaluza refuses to admit such an admixture of metres: he regards the poem as written throughout in septenaries.

Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes |Various
They are also to be had agreeably flavoured by admixture with almond, walnut, &c., "cream."

The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition |A. W. Duncan

It is only want of attention that diminishes our good, and this attention must be given to us through some admixture of evils.

Theodicy |G. W. Leibniz

admixture

/ (ədˈmɪkstʃə) /

a less common word for mixture

anything added in mixing; ingredient