Mixture
noun
A combination of different things together.
The soup is a mixture of vegetables and spices.
Often appears as...
- mixture of emotions
- mixture of people
noun
A substance made by mixing other substances together.
I made a mixture of sugar and water for the hummingbirds.
Often appears as...
- concrete mixture
- paint mixture
noun
A medicinal product in a liquid form that contains several ingredients.
The pharmacist prepared a cough mixture for me.
Often appears as...
- cough mixture
- medicinal mixture
noun
A combination of different qualities or elements.
His personality is a mixture of charm and rudeness.
Often appears as...
- mixture of qualities
- mixture of elements
noun
A combination of different things together.
The soup is a mixture of vegetables and spices.
Often appears as...
- mixture of emotions
- mixture of people
noun
A substance made by mixing other substances together.
I made a mixture of sugar and water for the hummingbirds.
Often appears as...
- concrete mixture
- paint mixture
noun
A medicinal product in a liquid form that contains several ingredients.
The pharmacist prepared a cough mixture for me.
Often appears as...
- cough mixture
- medicinal mixture
noun
A combination of different qualities or elements.
His personality is a mixture of charm and rudeness.
Often appears as...
- mixture of qualities
- mixture of elements
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Non-physical Mix
Refers to abstract combinations, not just physical substances.
Her feelings were a mixture of excitement and fear.
Pro Tip 2/3Diverse Elements
Use when different types are combined to create something.
The playlist was a mixture of jazz, blues, and folk music.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Mix
Often used to describe a diverse blend of cultural elements.
The festival was a vibrant mixture of different cultural traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-physical Mix
Refers to abstract combinations, not just physical substances.
Her feelings were a mixture of excitement and fear.
Pro Tip 2/3Diverse Elements
Use when different types are combined to create something.
The playlist was a mixture of jazz, blues, and folk music.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Mix
Often used to describe a diverse blend of cultural elements.
The festival was a vibrant mixture of different cultural traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-physical Mix
Refers to abstract combinations, not just physical substances.
Her feelings were a mixture of excitement and fear.
Pro Tip 2/3Diverse Elements
Use when different types are combined to create something.
The playlist was a mixture of jazz, blues, and folk music.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Mix
Often used to describe a diverse blend of cultural elements.
The festival was a vibrant mixture of different cultural traditions.
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The chemistry of cookies...
causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released. And as the cookie gets hotter, the water expands into steam.
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This could be why you're...
I felt a really weird mixture of emotions. Because on the one hand, I found this really challenging. I could see how often in my own life, when I felt down, I tried to remedy it with some kind of show-offy, grand external solution. And I could see why that did not work well for me. I also thought, isn't this kind of obvious?
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How a single-celled...
and they did all this as single-celled life forms. They're cyanobacteria, and the story of these simple organisms that don't even have nuclei or any other organelles is a pivotal chapter in the story of life on Earth. Earth's atmosphere wasn't always the oxygen-rich mixture we breathe today.
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How do we separate the...
Take petroleum, a mixture of different types of hydrocarbons. Some of these are valuable as fuels, and others make good raw materials for generating electric power. To separate them, experts rely on one important different hydrocarbons boil at different temperatures.
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Plato’s best (and worst)...
the military, and the rulers, and that a great noble lie should convince everyone to follow this structure. The noble lie he proposed was that we're all born with gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron in our souls, which determine our roles in life.
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Fascinating Termite...
so the mixture approximates to fresh air so these spires and turrets are key elements in an air conditioning system of a near perfect mansion that has start walls to protect its inhabitants from the elements and from their enemies
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What happens to our...
such as biodegradable caskets, urns that sprout trees, and burial suits that grow mushrooms. Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life.
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Elon Musk: A future...
made up of, you know, some mixture of the sustainable energy sources you talked about. That same grid probably is offering the world really low-cost energy, isn't it, compared with now. And I'm curious about like,
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Why a Giant Machine Is...
stuff from invading the tunnel so as it advances its pulling material out of this group conveyor for that complete advance that's getting mixed up into a mixture of soil and water and
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How to rebuild the world...
nice and hot and pop inside your recipe and the soda though is the melting point of the silica sand so you can melt it into a mixture and the lime helps to
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The chemistry of cookies...
causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released. And as the cookie gets hotter, the water expands into steam.
Video examples
This could be why you're...
I felt a really weird mixture of emotions. Because on the one hand, I found this really challenging. I could see how often in my own life, when I felt down, I tried to remedy it with some kind of show-offy, grand external solution. And I could see why that did not work well for me. I also thought, isn't this kind of obvious?
Video examples
How a single-celled...
and they did all this as single-celled life forms. They're cyanobacteria, and the story of these simple organisms that don't even have nuclei or any other organelles is a pivotal chapter in the story of life on Earth. Earth's atmosphere wasn't always the oxygen-rich mixture we breathe today.
Video examples
How do we separate the...
Take petroleum, a mixture of different types of hydrocarbons. Some of these are valuable as fuels, and others make good raw materials for generating electric power. To separate them, experts rely on one important different hydrocarbons boil at different temperatures.
Video examples
Plato’s best (and worst)...
the military, and the rulers, and that a great noble lie should convince everyone to follow this structure. The noble lie he proposed was that we're all born with gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron in our souls, which determine our roles in life.
Video examples
Fascinating Termite...
so the mixture approximates to fresh air so these spires and turrets are key elements in an air conditioning system of a near perfect mansion that has start walls to protect its inhabitants from the elements and from their enemies
Video examples
What happens to our...
such as biodegradable caskets, urns that sprout trees, and burial suits that grow mushrooms. Eternal reefs take that concept to the depths of the ocean using a mixture of ashes and cement to create marine habitats for sea life.
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
made up of, you know, some mixture of the sustainable energy sources you talked about. That same grid probably is offering the world really low-cost energy, isn't it, compared with now. And I'm curious about like,
Video examples
Why a Giant Machine Is...
stuff from invading the tunnel so as it advances its pulling material out of this group conveyor for that complete advance that's getting mixed up into a mixture of soil and water and
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
nice and hot and pop inside your recipe and the soda though is the melting point of the silica sand so you can melt it into a mixture and the lime helps to
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
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Paul Greengrass
English Director
Finding where to put the camera is probably the most important thing you have to learn when you're a young director, and it's something that's a mixture of instinct and technique.
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Gavin Hood
South African Director
There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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John Grant
American Musician
Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.
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Jean-Michel Jarre
French Musician
The characteristic of 'Oxygene' is a mixture of innocence and ambition, of trying to do something different in a different way.
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Norman Reedus
American Actor
I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.
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Walter Becker
American Musician
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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Taika Waititi
New Zealander Director
Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
Life is not positive or negative; it's a mixture.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
American Actress
I love acting, but I am a mom, and the roles just weren't coming because of a mixture of things: because I'm not ambitious, and because I'm older, and I had a baby. I really felt like I had said a graceful and completely happy goodbye to acting in a significant way. And I had sort of made my peace with that.
Quote examples
Paul Greengrass
English Director
Finding where to put the camera is probably the most important thing you have to learn when you're a young director, and it's something that's a mixture of instinct and technique.
Quote examples
Gavin Hood
South African Director
There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
Quote examples
John Grant
American Musician
Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.
Quote examples
Jean-Michel Jarre
French Musician
The characteristic of 'Oxygene' is a mixture of innocence and ambition, of trying to do something different in a different way.
Quote examples
Norman Reedus
American Actor
I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.
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Walter Becker
American Musician
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
Quote examples
Stephen Fry
British Comedian
My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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Taika Waititi
New Zealander Director
Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
Life is not positive or negative; it's a mixture.
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