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miscible, a. (n.)|ˈmɪsɪb(ə)l|
[ad. L. type *miscibilis, f. miscēre to mix: see -ible. Cf. F. miscible.]
a. Capable of being mixed (with something). Usu. spec. of a liquid: capable of forming a true solution with another liquid.
1570Dee Math. Pref. *iij, When you haue two thinges Miscible, whose degrees are truely knowen. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1687) 567/1 The Soul of the World God inkindled in the midst..; which (Soul) being not easily miscible, was not without difficulty contemperated. 1750G. Hughes Barbados 106 Tho' oils in general..are not miscible with water. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 163 All these had kept the landed and monied interests more separated in France, less miscible. 1807T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 380 Alcohol has a strong affinity for water, and is miscible with it in every proportion. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. (1892) 221 Two liquids which are not miscible—for instance, oil and water. 1960Hamill & Williams Princ. Physical Chem. ix. 244 While phenol and water at this temperature and pressure are only partly miscible the addition of acetone increases their mutual solubility. 1964G. I. Brown Introd. Physical Chem. xxiii. 252 Ether will dissolve a little water (about 1·2 per cent at room temperature) to form a homogeneous solution, and water will also dissolve a little ether (about 6·5 per cent at room temperature) to form a similar solution. Within these limits ether and water are completely miscible. As their mutual solubilities are limited, however, ether and water are only partially miscible.
†b. n. A substance that will mix with another.
1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. ii. (1682) 126 Produc'd by the Commixture of such antecedent Miscibles. 1678R. Russell tr. Geber ii. i. ii. iii. 43 In Animals..there is not a perficient Proportion, nor miscibles of Proportion, nor Qualities of Miscibles.
Hence ˈmiscibleness rare—0, miscibility.
1736Bailey (fol.), Miscibleness. |