admixture

admixture
/ad miks"cheuhr/, n.
1. the act of mixing; state of being mixed.
2. anything added; any alien element or ingredient: This is a pure product; there are no admixtures.
3. a compound containing an admixture.
[1595-1605; < L admixt(us) + -URE, on the model of MIXTURE]

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