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Miscible adj.

Capable of being mixed; mixable.

(Chem.) Mixable in all proportions; forming a single phase when mixed in any proportion; of liquids; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions; water and gasoline are not miscible; benzene and ethyl alcohol are miscible, and ethyl alcohol is miscible with water, but water is not miscible with benzene..

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Etymology of 'Miscible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... that I was trying the purity of my fixed air, I had the curiosity to endeavour to ascertain whether that part of it which is not miscible in water, be equally diffused through the whole mass; and, for this purpose, I divided a quantity of about a gallon into three parts, the first consisting of that which was uppermost, and the last of that which was the lowest, contiguous to the water; but all these parts were ...

— Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air • Joseph Priestley

Words linked to "Miscible" : immiscible, physics, natural philosophy, mixable, compatible