admixture

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

   “The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.”

   “[Penelope and Euryclea] express their feelings in copious direct discourse. Feelings though they are, with only a slight admixture of the most general considerations upon human destiny, the syntactical connection between part and part is perfectly clear, no contour is blurred.”

   “Gas analysis of blood samples, obtained from different sites in the heart and great vessels, permits demonstration of admixture of oxygenated blood in the venous side or admixture of venous blood in the arterial side of the circulation.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

   “Both were lean, raw-boned specimens; the man tall, sandy, and grey-eyed, and the woman short and rather dark, with a black straightness of hair suggesting a slight Indian admixture.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A mixture, in some contexts
4. (countable, uncountable)A mixture, in some contexts:

   “Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.”