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immiscible

[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not miscible; incapable of being mixed.


immiscible

/ ɪˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. (of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance

    oil and water are immiscible

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

immiscible

  1. Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible.
  2. Compare miscible
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·c·i·ٲ noun
  • ·c· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of immiscible1

First recorded in 1665–75; im- 2 + miscible
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These immiscible layers would explain why neither Uranus nor Neptune has a magnetic field like Earth's.

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The research group prints one liquid within another immiscible liquid, assembling soft membranes on the liquid-liquid interface.

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The second step typically either uses an immiscible liquid as a barrier, or the microchambers are enclosed by solid walls, but either option complicates the design, manufacturing and use of these systems.

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A hockey play isn’t a jar of immiscible liquids with each part being visible and separate, but rather a mishmash of players sliding in and out of different roles.

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Swapping ions can render a salt soluble in or immiscible with a given solvent, stable or reactive, non-volatile or distillable, and permeable or not.

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