Definition of Mixtion

1. n. Mixture.

Definition of Mixtion

1. Noun. (archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A chemical compound. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size or mordant for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures. ¹

5. Noun. (obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mixtion

1. a mixture of amber mastic and asphaltum [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mixtion

1. 1. Mixture. 2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc, used as a mordant for gold leaf. Origin: L. Mixtio, mistio: cf. F. Mixtion. See Mistion, Mix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mixtion

mixoploid
mixoploids
mixoploidy
mixoscopia
mixoscopias
mixotope
mixotroph
mixotrophic
mixotrophically
mixotrophs
mixotrophy
mixt
mixtape
mixtapes
mixtion (current term)
mixtions
mixtly
mixture
mixture of acetonitrile and trifluoroacetic acid
mixtures
mixup
mixups
mixy
mixy-matchy
miz
mizen
mizenmast
mizenmasts
mizens

Literary usage of Mixtion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"... and having obtained all power by virtue of his humiliation, representeth them both in a most sweet com- mixtion ; by an humble omnipotency, ..."

2. Dictionnaire anglais-franca̧is: et français-anglais by Abel Boyer, Nicholas Salmon, Louis Francoi̧s Fain (1821)
"V. Mote- Moats in sugar , vilenie ou saleté qui est dans le sucre ,j\ mixtion. V. Mixture. ... s. mélange, m. mixtion ,f. ..."

3. Génie Du Christianisme Et Défense Du Génie Du Christianisme Avec Notes Et by François-René Chateaubriand (1871)
"Cette mixtion, étant complète, devint le commencement de toutes choses; mais le vent ne ... point son propre ouvrage, la mixtion. ..."

4. The First Three English Books on America ?1511-1555 A. D..: Being Chiefly by Pietro Martire d' Anghiera, Richard Eden, Sebastian Münster (1885)
"... her (and of equall force) is engendered an amiable and moft perfect mixtion by the helpe of fermentacion and decoction of the ..."

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