unmixable

Thân thiện

Oil and water are unmixable liquids.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Incapable of mixing: Describes substances that cannot be blended or combined to form a homogeneous mixture. This is a technical term primarily used in chemistry and physics.

Usage

The word "unmixable" is used to describe the physical property of two or more substances that do not form a solution or uniform mixture when combined. Instead, they separate into distinct phases, such as oil and water. It is a formal, scientific term.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Oil and water are classic examples of unmixable liquids.
  • The chemist noted that the two solvents were completely unmixable at room temperature.

Advanced Usage

• Technical Context: The term is often synonymous with "immiscible" in scientific literature. It describes a fundamental physical property.
  • The experiment failed because the chosen reagents were unmixable.

Variants and Related Words

• Immiscible (adj): The more common scientific synonym for "unmixable."
  • Immiscible fluids form separate layers.
• Miscible (adj): The direct antonym, meaning capable of mixing in all proportions.
  • Ethanol and water are miscible.

Synonyms

• Immiscible
• Non-miscible
• Incompatible (in a chemical/physical mixing context)

Antonyms

• Miscible
• Mixable
• Compatible (in a chemical/physical mixing context)
• Soluble (when one substance dissolves in another)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

Từ đồng nghĩa

• immiscible
• non-miscible