admixture

noun

Etymology: From Latin admixtūra, from admixtus, past participle of admisceō (“to mix in”), from misceō (“to mix”). Analyzable as ad- + mixture.

1. 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.”

2. 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. A mixture, in some contexts
4. A mixture, in some contexts:

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