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admixture

 
Dictionary: ad·mix·ture   (ăd-mĭks'chər) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The act of mixing or mingling.
    2. The state of being mingled or mixed.
  1. Something that is produced by mixing; a mixture.
  2. Something added in mixing. See synonyms at mixture.

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Architecture: admixture
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A material other than water, aggregates, lime, or cement, used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar, and added to the batch immediately before or during its mixing; used as a water repellent, as a coloring agent, as a retarder or accelerator (to modify its setting rate), etc.


 
WordNet: admixture
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
  Synonym: alloy

Meaning #2: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
  Synonym: intermixture

Meaning #3: the act of mixing together
  Synonyms: mix, commixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing


 
Translations: Admixture
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilsætningsstof, bestanddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
toevoeging

Français (French)
n. - mélange, incorporation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vermengen, Mischung, Zusatz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάμειξη, πρόσμειξη, προσθήκη

Italiano (Italian)
miscela

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mistura (f), componente (por mistura) (m)

Русский (Russian)
смесь, примесь

Español (Spanish)
n. - mezcla, mixtura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blandning, tillsats

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
混合, 搀杂物, 添加物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 混合, 攙雜物, 添加物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 혼합[물]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 混合物, 混ぜ物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إختلاط, إمتزاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תוספת, ערבוב, תערובת‬


 
 
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