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immiscible
[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]
immiscible
/ ɪˈɪɪə /
adjective
- (of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance
oil and water are immiscible
immiscible
/ ĭ-ĭ′ə-ə /
- Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible.
- Compare miscible
Derived Forms
- ˌˈٲ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·c·i·ٲ noun
- ·c· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of immiscible1
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Example Sentences
These immiscible layers would explain why neither Uranus nor Neptune has a magnetic field like Earth's.
The research group prints one liquid within another immiscible liquid, assembling soft membranes on the liquid-liquid interface.
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.
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.
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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