immiscible
/ɪˈmɪsɪb(ə)l
/adjective
(Of liquids) not forming a homogeneous mixture when mixed: benzene is immiscible with water...
- They are immiscible with many organic solvents, particularly linear hydrocarbons and alicyclics like cyclopentane, so can be combined either with water or with an organic solvent to form a two-phase system.
- Oil and water are immiscible liquids, but a temporary emulsion may be formed by a brisk shaking of the liquids.
- We searched for immiscible liquid phases in monolayers of two different ternary lipid mixtures.
Derivatives
immiscibility
/ noun ...- Familiar examples are the miscibility of alcohol and water and the immiscibility of oil and water, which can be explained by intermolecular interactions.
- The non-polar groups prefer to interact with each other, and exclude water from these regions, leading to immiscibility.
- Two processes can lead to the concentration of valuable commodities: liquid immiscibility and fractional crystallization.
immiscibly
Origin
Late 17th century: from late Latin immiscibilis, from in- 'not' + miscibilis (see miscible).
Rhymes
- recognizably
- recognizance
- Recognizance Rolls
- recognizant
- recognizate
- recognization
- recognize
- recognizee
- recognizer
- recognizingly
- recognizor
- recognosce
- recohabitation
- recoil
- recoil action
- recoil energy
- recoiler
- twister
- twist-grip
- twist in the wind
- twist-lock
- twistor
- twist (or turn) the knife (in the wound)
- twist (or wind or wrap) someone around one's little finger
- twists and turns