Origin: Latin suffix -ure
Mixture has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
"The chemist carefully prepared a mixture by combining iron filings and sulfur powder without heating them to ensure no chemical bonds formed."
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
"he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
"he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
"a great assortment of cars was on display"
"he had a variety of disorders"
"a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
the act of mixing together
"paste made by a mix of flour and water"
"the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
The act of mixing.
"The mixture took an hour to complete because they had to stir the ingredients by hand."
The word mixture comes from the Old French misture, which was borrowed into Middle English from the Latin mixtura. It originally referred to a physical act or result of mixing things together before entering modern usage with its current meaning.