admixture
noun
ad·mix·ture
ad-ˈmiks-chər 
1
a
: the action of mixing
b
: the fact of being mixed
2
a
: something added by mixing
b
: a product of mixing : mixture
Synonyms
Examples of admixture in a Sentence
an alloy that includes a small admixture of silver
an admixture of rose petals and lavender for a fragrant potpourri
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Between 1645 and 1648, the silver content dropped from 92.5 percent sterling to just 70–80 percent; the rest was a copper admixture.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Martin Puryear, ‘That Profile’ 1999, stainless steel and bronze; outdoors on the tram arrival plaza
(J. Paul Getty Museum)
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Puryear’s monumental sculpture, which is four stories tall, greets visitors on the tram arrival plaza with a poetic admixture of time and place.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The paper reviewed in the press release suggests that the admixture between Duffy-negative and Duffy-positive (the latter of which is the state outside of Africa) ancestral populations among the Malagasy allowed for the emergence of the resistant strain.
—Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Burchard sees it the other way around: The rich genetic admixture is an opportunity to disentangle the social, environmental, and genetic underpinnings that contribute to varied health outcomes — and result in the paradoxical findings among Hispanic groups.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
Martin Puryear, ‘That Profile’ 1999, stainless steel and bronze; outdoors on the tram arrival plaza
(J. Paul Getty Museum)
Advertisement
Puryear’s monumental sculpture, which is four stories tall, greets visitors on the tram arrival plaza with a poetic admixture of time and place.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The paper reviewed in the press release suggests that the admixture between Duffy-negative and Duffy-positive (the latter of which is the state outside of Africa) ancestral populations among the Malagasy allowed for the emergence of the resistant strain.
—Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Burchard sees it the other way around: The rich genetic admixture is an opportunity to disentangle the social, environmental, and genetic underpinnings that contribute to varied health outcomes — and result in the paradoxical findings among Hispanic groups.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
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admixture
noun
ad·mix·ture
ad-ˈmiks-chər
1
a
: the act of mixing
b
: the fact of being mixed
2
a
: something added by mixing
b
: a product of mixing
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