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admix en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈædmɪks/

Etymology

Back-formation from admixture; analyzable as ad- + mix.

Meanings

  1. The act of admixing.
    • In light (vision) the admix results in white and in pigments the admix results in grey. 2014, Michael Sandborn, Nataliya Vatsyayana, A Rosetta Stone: The Universal Harmonic Language Model, page 48:
  2. The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy.
    • In the late 1990s metal-reinforced glass ionomers were introduced for use as core buildups. These contain a silver alloy admix. 2011, George A. Freedman, Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry, page 337:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
admixes Number=Plur lexicographic

admix en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ædˈmɪks/
  • /ədˈmɪks/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from admixture; analyzable as ad- + mix.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To mingle with something else; to mix.
    • Therefore in our account of the development of their intellectual ideas, we also admix pertinent personal details. 2011, David Munchin, Is Theology a Science?, page 18:
    • They have 78 chromosomes, and all are known to admix. 2012, Stephen Spotte, Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs, page 1:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
admixing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
admixed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
admixed Tense=Past lexicographic
admixes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

interadmixed · nonadmixed · unadmixed