ˈmikschə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from Old French misture, from Latin mixtura, mistura, from mixtus, mistus (past participle of miscēre to mix) + -ura -ure — more at mix
1.
a. : an act, process, or instance of mixing
a gradual mixture of languages
a paste made by the mixture of flour and water
one of those slight mixtures in the stock which … provides a variant — Lucien Price
b.
(1) : the state of being mixed
(2) : the relative proportions of constituents : proportion , ratio
youngsters do go through phases but with varied timing and in varied mixtures — Dorothy Barclay
specifically : the fuel-to-air proportions of the charge produced in the carburetor for combustion in an engine or turbine
2.
[Middle English, from Latin mixtura, mistura (also, act of mixing)]
: a product of mixing : combination
beat milk into the dry ingredients until the mixture thickens
the interior … is a mixture of forest and grassland — P.E.James
a unique mixture of sentimentality and toughness — J.A.Morris b.1904
as
a. : a portion of matter consisting of two or more components that do not bear a fixed proportion to one another and that however thoroughly commingled are regarded as retaining a separate existence — usually distinguished from complex and compound ; compare alloy , mechanical mixture , solid solution , system 8
b. : an aqueous liquid medicine : potion ; specifically : a preparation in which insoluble substances are suspended in watery fluids by the addition of a viscid material (as gum, sugar, glycerol)
c. : a combination of several different kinds of some article of consumption (as tea or tobacco)
a smoking mixture
d.
(1) : a yarn spun from two or more fibers or from a fiber dyed two or more colors
(2) : a fabric made from such yarn or woven with different yarns in the warp and the weft
e. : a batch or packet of postage stamps sold by weight and usually comprising stamps gathered by a nonphilatelic agency (as a bank, a government bureau, or a missionary society) — compare kiloware