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Immiscible

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. That cannot undergo mixing or blending: immiscible elements.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. (of two or more liquids) that are not mutually soluble; unmixable

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not capable of being mixed or mingled.

adj. Not miscible; forming two distinct phases when mixed at some concentration; -- of two liquids.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not miscible; incapable of being or becoming mixed, as oil and water.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

Word Usage

"There are days when I think that the two entities or disciplines are entirely immiscible and antagonistic, and others where they seem not just to complement each other but to be, in a strange way, twin enterprises."

Equivalent

incompatible

Antonym

miscible

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

admissible inadmissible inexplicable miscible permissible

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

miscible halogenated protic petroleum-based nonaqueous