資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mixture \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix:
   cf. F. mixture. See {Mix}.]
   1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made
      by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker.

   2. That which results from mixing different ingredients
      together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses
      and water; -- also, a medley.

            There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely
            distributed by God, to serve the ends of his
            providence.                           --Atterbury.

   3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional
      ingredient.

            Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a
            community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture
            of piety in its constitution.         --Addison.

   4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many
      ingredients; esp., as opposed to {solution}, a liquid
      preparation in which the solid ingredients are not
      completely dissolved.

   5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the
      particles of which are separable, independent, and
      uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and
      finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus,
      gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and
      niter.

   6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges
      of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and
      compound stops; -- called also {furniture stop}. It
      consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground
      tone.

   Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.