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▪ I. † mix, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 miox, meox, (meohs, meohx), 1–4 mix, myx, 2 mex.
[OE. meox neut. (? or masc.) = Fris. miux, miuhs:—OTeut. type *mihso-, a parallel formation with *mihstu-z (Goth. maihstu-s, OHG., G. mist masc., dung), f. wk. grade of Teut. root *mī̆gh-: see mig.]
1. Dung; filth. Also fig.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvi. §1 Se wisdom & eac oðre cræftas..licgað forsewene swa swa miox under feltune. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xiii. 8 Oð ic hine bedelfe & ic hine bewurpe mid meoxe. c1000ælfric in Morris OE. Hom. I. 301 Seðe ahefð of meohse þone mann þe he wile. [Qui suscitat de puluere egenum & de stercore erigit pauperem.] c1175Lamb. Hom. 113 God ahef of mexe þene mon þe he wule. a1250Prov. ælfred 385 in O.E. Misc. 126 And vyches cunnes madmes to mixe schulen i-Multen. c1315Shoreham iv. 239 For nys non of þe syxe [sins] Þat hy ne comeþ of þane [sc. pride], For myx of alle myxe In heuene hy by-gan.
2. transf. A vile wretch.
c1275Orison 53 in O.E. Misc. 140 Ne myhte þe mixes þo wurse þe don Bute a-mong þeoues on rode an-hon. c1350Will. Palerne 125 Þe quene his moder on a time as a mix þouȝt, how faire & how fetis it was & freliche schapen. a1400Morte Arth. 989, I am comyne fra the conquerour,..Messenger to þis myx, for mendemente of þe pople.
3. As adj.: Filthy, foul.
a1225Leg. Kath. 204 Þet euch waried weoued of þe mix maumez ron of þet balefule blod al biblodeget. Ibid. 2100, & tine mix maumez alle beon amanset.
▪ II. mix, n.2|mɪks|
[f. mix v.]
1. a. The act or result of mixing; a mixture. esp. colloq.: A muddle, ‘mess’; (a) a state of being ‘mixed’ or confused; (b) a number of ingredients mixed together, or intended for mixing; spec. the prepared ingredients of a cake, etc., sold ready for cooking; (c) more generally, the proportion of different constituents that make up a product, plan, policy, etc.; a combination of various components into an integrated whole.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxlvii. iii, O make harmonious mix of voice and string. 1882Howells Likely Story iii. (1897) 56 She'll show the note to Miss Greenway, and you'll be ruined. Oh, poor Mr. Welling! Oh, what a fatal, fatal—mix! 1893A. Fuller Lit. Courtship xv. 156, I thought of her clear eye and her healthy way of looking and talking, and I was more in a mix than ever. 1901Harper's Mag. Apr. 761/1 ‘It has all been a mix and a muddle’, she answered. 1905Speaker 3 June 231/1 They made an indescribable mix and blend of colour. 1912L. & M. Greenbaum Pract. Dentistry xxvii. 457 It is best to subject the mass to the least amount of stirring conducive to a homogeneous mix. 1922Mojonnier & Troy Technical Control of Dairy Products xiii. 276 Ice cream made from mix No. 9 will feel about 12·00 per cent warmer to the tongue than ice cream made from mix No. 1. 1938, etc. [see cake-mix s.v. cake n. 9]. 1945B. MacDonald Egg & I (1946) 66, I could use automatic biscuit mix for the crust. 1959Life (Internat. ed.) 13 Apr. 20/2 The new term is ‘mix’. There is, says the Administration, an adequate ‘mix’ of forces to maintain our deterrent. 1962Listener 29 Mar. 579/2 When the egg mix is light and foamy add to it the sauce. 1962Times 26 Apr. 9/5 (headline) Canada may ban food mix sales. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File xviii. 110 A bottle of Scotch, gin, some assorted mixes. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) v. 60 Oral societies are made up of people differentiated..by their unique emotional mixes. Ibid. 64 Chaplin..hit upon the wondrous media mix of ballet and film. 1966[see Jersey1 1]. 1967Daily Tel. 17 May 17/7 Without sufficient statistics on the question of socially mixed entry to public schools, the committee believes it impossible to induce artificially a ‘social mix’. 1967Times Rev. Industry Aug. 16/2 Retailing strategy will probably go on trying to maximize interest in stores by an optimum mix of heavily advertised manufacturer-branded lines and an increasing proportion of housebrand lines. 1970Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 36/5 The mix of dancing, cabaret, drinking and gaming created an undesirable temptation to young people. 1971Guardian 9 June 13/1 Alcoholic mixes like bitter lemon. 1971M. McCarthy Birds of America 31 First a cake made with a mix and then a real one. 1972Publishers Weekly 6 Mar. 25/1 In publishing, I think you have to have a good mix, and not try to reach just one segment of the population, but to cover all segments. 1972Guardian 5 Aug. 11/8 By expelling the Russians he [sc. Sadat] has drastically altered the strategic mix.
b. Printing. (See quot.)
1897Daily News 29 Nov. 6/3 A somewhat different class of Printers' errors are those that arise from what are technically known as ‘mixes’—that is the accidental running together of sentences..which have no connexion.
c. mix-up, the state of being ‘mixed up’ (see mix v. 6). spec. (a) a state of confusion; a mess or muddle; (b) a fight.
1841S. Bamford Passages in Life of Radical I. xv. 94, I had expected being conducted to London alone, and certainly was not prepared for a mix-up with these men. 1898Daily News 12 Aug. 6/3 One or two boats had run into the raft, and there was a considerable mix up there. Ibid. 24 Nov. 7/3 Glove Contest in America. Midway the round was a rattling mix up. 1902Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 3/2 The general mix-up of things in these..latter days. 1913Chums 25 Jan. 361/2 Then for a full minute the two engaged in a ‘mix-up’. 1913Collier's 1 Feb. 27 (caption) A bad mix-up. 1919[see goy]. 1923Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves viii. 85 When the driver started making a fuss, there was a bit of a mix-up. 1932J. C. Powys Glastonbury Romance (1933) II. xxiii. 737 God! What a mix-up it all is. 1971D. E. Westlake I gave at the Office (1972) 139 As soon as the mix-up was brought to light I was freed.
2. Cinemat. and Broadcasting. The action or result of mixing two pictures or two sounds (see mix v. 7 a).
1922[see fade n.1 2]. 1932Wireless World 16 Mar. 276/1 A sound-mix, which corresponds to a picture-mix (when the picture dissolves into another picture) is done by starting with one microphone set at its gain figure and the second microphone set at zero gain. Ibid., For a smooth mix, the two knobs must be turned as nearly as possible at the same speed. 1960[see fade n.1 2]. 1961Listener 2 Nov. 716/1 If phrases overlap musically the visual counterpart is a mix; and..a mix between two different angles on the same performer is usually upsetting to the viewer. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio ix. 152 It is the way that fades and mixes are carried out..that distinguishes the polished, finished recording from the one that sounds amateur.
▪ III. mix, v.|mɪks|
Pa. tense and pa. pple. mixed |mɪkst|.
[Back-formation from the ppl. adj. mixt (see mixed ppl. a.), a. F. mixte, ad. L. mixtus, pa. pple. of miscēre to mix. Cf. mixt v.
Our earliest example of the vb., in any form other than the pa. pple., is of the date 1538, and it was extremely rare until Shakespeare's time. Of the pa. pple. itself, the earliest examples are c 1480 and 1526, the latter year being the date of our first quot. for mixt v. The OE. miscian (the alleged by-form *mixian is spurious) which has generally been assumed to be the source of the present verb, app. did not survive into ME. Only two examples are cited by Toller, and in these the sense seems to be ‘to apportion suitably’.
The L. miscēre:—mik-sk- is f. the Indogermanic root *mik-(:meik, moik-), represented by Skr. miçra (:—*mikro-) mixed, and by many vbs. with the sense ‘to mix’ in the various langs.: Skr. miksh, ? Gr. µίσγειν (Gr. µιγνύναι is from the cognate root mig-), Welsh mysgu, OIrish mesc, Lith. maiszýti, OSl. měsiti (Russ. meshat′). Whether the OE. miscian, OHG. misgen, miskan (MHG., MLG., mod.G. mischen) is cognate with the Latin or an early WGer. adoption from it, seems doubtful; the absence of the word from Goth., Scandinavian, OS., and Frisian, is an argument in favour of the latter view.]
1. a. trans. To put together (two or more substances, or groups or classes of things) so that the particles or members of each are more or less evenly diffused among those of the rest; to unite (one or more substances, groups, etc.) in this manner with another or others; to mingle, blend.
Not now employed with reference to the more intimate union of substances to form a chemical compound; in this application combine is the usual vb.
c1480Songs & Carols (Percy Soc.) 6 Butt now prosyrs [? read profyrs] glorius be myxyd with gall, Wyche bytter ys and tedius over all. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 3 More pleasaunt to beholde than is the colour of syluer myxte with golde. 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras xiii. 11 And they were all myxte together: the blast of fyre, the wynde of the flammes, and y⊇ greate storme. 1538Elyot Dict., Misceo,..to myxe [so 1545; 1548 reads myxt, 1552 myxte] or meddyll together. 1555–8T. Phaer æneid ii. E iij b, & mixt wt dust & smoke [Virg. ii. 609 mixtoque undantem puluere fumum] thick streames of reekings rise. 1560Bible (Genev.) Heb. iv. 2 The worde that they heard, profitted not them, because it was not mixed [Gr. συγκεκραµένος] with faith in those that heard it. 1566Drant Horace, Sat. ii. iv. G viij, Aufidius, myxt heddy wyne, and honey all in one. 1572L. Mascall Plant. & Graff. 86 Clense the ground of weedes, and mixe it well with good molde and fat earth. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 272 He who vainly mixing many faire colours representeth nothing else in his worke but a painted tempest. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 181–2 Thunder mixt with Haile, Haile mixt with fire must rend th' Egyptian Skie. 1670Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 21 Some ware all small ribban, others brode ribbans, others broad and small mixed. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 14 Sept., Their own hair..they mix with a great deal of false. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. I. 129 If you mix nitrous vapour with oxygen gas, there will be no absorption. 1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. i. (1818) p. lxxi, Oxygen gas and sulphurous acid gas probably combine when simply mixed together. 1819Byron Juan ii. lxxv, The lots were made, and mark'd, and mix'd, and handed In silent horror.
b. With immaterial obj.: To combine, associate, or blend (different principles, methods, qualities, or one principle, etc., with something else).
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. ii. 46 Brothers, you mixe your Sadnesse with some Feare. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. vi. §11 Now there had been no reason at all for this, if he had mixed promises together with his threatnings. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 277 In this case we must mix both the hot and the cold Method. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 7 The two principles are frequently mixed together, and run up into each other. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 333 They also mix trade and agency with their regular banking business. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 124 In the election of the Council, the legislator attempts to mix aristocracy and democracy.
†c. To put in or introduce as an ingredient, to intersperse. Const. to. Obs.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 187 The milk also of a Goat mixed to a Womans milk is best for the nourishment of man, because it is not too fat. a1715Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 18 They were very factious and insolent; and both in their sermons and prayers were always mixing severe reflections on their enemies. 1742Young Nt. Th. viii. 495 Knows he, that mankind praise against their will, And mix as much detraction as they can?
d. To prepare (a compound) by putting various ingredients together.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. iii. 44 Had'st thou no poyson mixt? 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 685 From the Founts where living Sulphurs boil, They mix a Med'cine to foment their limbs. 1818W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 2) 577 Puddings are best when mixed over night. 1842C. Whitehead R. Savage (1845) II. iii. 203 I'll write the letter while the punch is mixing. 1887P. McNeill Blawearie 100 He had mixed and otherwise prepared as much of his layering compound as he thought he might use.
e. hyperbolically. To confound, confuse together.
1667Milton P.L. vii. 215 They view'd the vast immeasurable Abyss.., Up from the bottom turn'd by furious windes And surging waves, as Mountains to assault Heav'ns highth, and with the Center mix the Pole.
f. In various occasional uses: To unite (persons' eyes) in interchange of glances; to join (hands). Also † to mix one's thigh (= 4 b).
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 489 Were neuer foure such lamps together mixt, Had not his clouded with his browes repine. 1606Marston Fawn iv. i, The Romans..thought that a woman might mix her thigh with a stranger wantonly, and yet still love her husband matrimonially. 1713Addison Cato iii. ii. 36 Never to mix my plighted Hands with thine. 1868Tennyson Lucretius 56 And hands they mixt, and yell'd and round me drove In narrowing circles.
g. Colloq phr. to mix one's drinks: to drink various kinds of alcoholic liquor in succession; spec. to become intoxicated by drinking both wine and liquor made from grain. Also ellipt. and absol.
1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 238 'E was gettin' a bit beargered—not that 'e'd 'ad so much, but 'e would keep mixin'; first one thing an' then annuver. 1933J. B. Priestley Wonder Hero vii. 269 Had a thick night last night... Mixed 'em a bit. Always a mistake—mixing 'em. 1950G. Greene Third Man ii. 13 If you stayed around in a hotel lounge, sooner or later..one mixed one's drinks. 1961J. B. Priestley Saturn over Water iii. 35, I mixed my drinks too much last night—I feel better now.
h. Slang phr. to mix it: to fight or quarrel; to start fighting; freq. const. with; also, to cause trouble. So to mix it up: to fight vigorously.
1900A. Conan Doyle Green Flag 165 This round must decide it. ‘Mix it oop, lad; mix it oop!’ the iron-men whooped. 1905C. H. Day Actress & Clerk xv. 149 As Hard Knox would have himself described in the technique of the ring, the men ‘mixed it’. 1906H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 359 They're goin' to mix it up. The little un'll win out, see if she don't. My eye! dames is allus fightin'. 1918E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 91 He grew angry and we mixed it. I gave him a black eye. 1919Wodehouse Coming of Bill (1920) ii. xiv. 239, I thought I could stay around and part 'em if they got to mixing it. 1941E. C. Shepherd Mil. Aeroplane 14 Many a German bomber in daylight raids over England has accepted failure rather than ‘mix it’ with the British fighters which came to dispute with it. 1941Time 8 Dec. 22/1 The tanks..face the approaching column... Then they begin to mix it up. 1945Aeronautics Feb. 50/3 Pilots took full advantage of every opportunity of ‘mixing it’ with the Hun. 1950P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 136 Mix it, to, to put one man against another. To make trouble. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 28 The screw who's giving evidence against you starts telling a load of bleeding lies and mixing it for you. 1973D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town vi. 92 These lads don't want to fight for nothing. If they can get away without mixing it they will.
2. a. intr. = to be mixed. Also, to admit of being mixed; to unite with, to go (well or badly) along with.
1632Marmion Holland's Leaguer iii. iii, O divine counsel! that so rare a beauty Should mix with wisdom. 1647Cowley Mistr., Platonick Love i, When Souls mix 'tis an Happiness; But not compleat 'till Bodies too combine. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 529 But is there yet no other way,..how we may come To Death, and mix with our connatural dust? a1745Swift Abstr. Hist. Eng. Wks. 1824 X. 303 The Danes..in process of time..mixed with the English. 1760–2Goldsm. Cit. W. xciv, Her dear idea mixes with every scene of pleasure. 1774― Nat. Hist. i. xix. init., All the bodies of the earth are continually sending up a part of their substance by evaporation, to mix in this great alembic [the atmosphere], and to float awhile in common. Ibid. (1776) II. 136 At last, when the approaches of sleep are near, every object of the imagination begins to mix with that next it. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 379 The pyramidal sort [of the Star of Bethlehem] is a proper flower to pot, mixing with others very ornamentally. 1797Lamb Let. to Coleridge 10 Jan., I do long to see our names together; not for vanity's sake..altogether..; and yet there is a little vanity mixes in it. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) II. 111 The Afghaun Humsauyehs mix well with the Dooraunees. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 169/1 Some builders prefer receiving the grey-stone lime ground dry, as it mixes more readily when made up into mortar. 1889Skrine Mem. E. Thring 164 He floated in their element, not soluble. It is often the way with heroes: they will not mix.
b. Of the eyes: To interchange glances. poet.
1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia 29 Their eyes mixed, and from the look sprang love.
3. trans. To unite (persons) in dealings or acquaintance; to associate; † to join in sexual intercourse. Chiefly refl. and pass. Now rare.
1535Coverdale Ezra ix. (Contents), Eszdras is sory that the people haue myxte them selues with the Heythenish wemen. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. iv. v, Wee must mixe this gentleman with you in acquaintance. 1667Milton P.L. i. 579 Th' Heroic Race..That fought at Theb's and Ilium, on each side Mixt with auxiliar Gods. Ibid. xi. 686 Those ill-mated Marriages..Where good with bad were matcht,..and by imprudence mixt, Produce prodigious Births of bodie or mind. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 285/1 Ever since we have mixed ourselves with the Low Countries.
4. a. intr. To associate, have intercourse with (occas. among); to occupy oneself with, take part in. Also to mix in with. to mix in: to start or join in a fight (slang). Cf. 1 h and 4 c.
1667Milton P.L. vi. 21 Gladly then he mixt Among those friendly Powers who him receav'd With joy. 1697Dryden æneid vii. 538 She flies the town, and, mixing with a throng Of madding matrons, bears the bride along. 1711Addison Spect. No. 69 ⁋1, I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several Ministers of Commerce. 1725Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 232, I hope still to be guarded by better principles. Indeed, it's hard mixing in with self-willed and peremptory people. 1771Junius Lett. liv. (1788) 293 He never mixed with the world. 1816Scott Old Mort. x, Have you, who used to mix so little in these unhappy feuds, become so suddenly and deeply implicated. 1846Mirror of Lit. Sept. 109 Here he mixed among the primitive and rude inhabitants of the district. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxiii. 521 He had mixed largely with his countrymen, in every rank of life. 1870J. P. Smith Widow Goldsmith's Daughter vi. 69 Of course they couldn't expect to mix in with the rich children. 1872Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 153/2 Mr. Polybank has only mixed in the best society. 1895M. Halstead 100 Bear Stories 117 Elk killing didn't seem half so great an achievement as it had before the bear had mixed in with the proceedings. 1912R. A. Wason Friar Tuck xxi. 158 ‘Well, what if he did shoot,’ sez Slim, ‘we wouldn't have to mix in, would we?’ 1971Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves ix. 89 If you see any more gnats headed in her direction, hold their coats and wish them luck, but restrain the impulse to mix in.
b. To have sexual intercourse with.
1615Chapman Odyss. i. 123 She mixt [Gr. µιγεῖσα] with Neptune in his hollow caues. 1630May Contn. Lucan i. 265 There goates..Doe mix with woman kinde 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 363 Warreners assert, that the pole⁓cat will mix with the ferret. 1889R. B. Anderson tr. Rydberg's Teut. Mythol. 151 They mixed with the wood sprites, and thus became the progenitors of the Huns.
c. To join battle, engage in conflict. poet.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 359 Wasps infest the Camp with loud Alarms, And mix in Battel with unequal Arms. a1700― Ovid's Metam. xii. Fables 448 Where Greeks and Trojans mix'd in mortal Fight.
d. To be sociable.
1816Jane Austen Emma III. vii. 113 Mr. and Mrs. Elton..showed no unwillingness to mix, and be..agreeable. 1905Dialect Notes III. 88 He doesn't mix much. 1940A. Christie Sad Cypress i. vi. 83 Rather a funny crowd of people, but I don't mix much. You told me once that I wasn't a good mixer. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate i. 7 He was in no great hurry for the flat, preferring hotel life where one need not mix.
5. To cross in breeding. trans. and intr.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 55 When a good English Mare is mixed with a Barb, she produces a better Foal. 1892A. A. Crozier Pop. Errors about Plants App. 157 (Funk) Plants mix or cross in the blossom only.
6. mix up.
a. trans. To mix intimately, to work into a mixture with something else.
1753J. Bartlet Gentl. Farriery vi. (1754) 68 Then give him two drams of calomel, mixed up with an ounce of diapente, for two nights. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 168/2 Mortar... Its composition varies..according to the various ingredients which may be mixed up with it.
b. In immaterial applications. Now only with unfavourable implication: To mix or associate irrelevantly, unsuitably, or confusingly; to confuse. Also slang (see quot. 1823).
a1806Horsley Serm. iv. (1816) I. 75 Who is he that shall determine in what proportions the attributes of justice and mercy, forbearance and severity, ought to be mixed up in the character of the Supreme Governor of the universe? 1818Byron Juan i. xx, But then she had a devil of a spirit, And sometimes mix'd up fancies with realities. 1823‘J. Bee’ Dict. Turf, To Mix it up, to agree secretly how the parties shall make up a tale, or colour a transaction in order to cheat or deceive another party, as in case of a justice-hearing, of a law-suit, or a cross in a boxing-match for money. 1846Hare Mission Comf. (1850) 403 One virtue was mixt up with a thousand crimes. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 188 His manner of mixing up real and imaginary persons.
c. With implication of something discreditable or unpleasant: To associate with (inferior or discreditable company); to connect with or involve in (a compromising affair, shady dealings, etc.). Chiefly refl. and pass.
1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest xxv, It is not fit that the heiress of Arnwood should mix herself up with foresters' daughters. 1882E. Dicey Victor Emanuel v. 53 An Italian exile, who in his hot youth had been mixed up, very much against the grain, in an abortive plot for the assassination of the late King.
d. intr. (Pugilism.) Of two combatants: To interchange blows wildly and rapidly.
1898Daily News 24 Nov. 7/3 The men were in the centre of the ring mixing up in the liveliest manner.
7. Cinemat. and Broadcasting.
a. trans. To combine (two pictures or sounds) temporarily by fading one out as the other is faded in; freq. intr., to pass from one picture to another in this way.
1922L. C. Macbean Kinematogr. Studio Technique ix. 82 On occasions..it is necessary..to fade or mix titles into a scene to which they relate. 1929Radio Times 8 Nov. 389/1 The D.C. Panel..which allows a producer..to mix and fade speech, music, and sound-effects. 1953K. Reisz Technique Film Editing i. i. 25 From the scene in the present, Griffith simply mixed to the earlier scene and then mixed back again. 1961G. Millerson Technique Television Production xvi. 305 Mixing opposite directions of movement can sometimes arouse feelings of expansion or impact. 1962Listener 6 Dec. 983/1 Mr Cooper uses..the language and grammar of film-making in his radio plays. He will cut sharply from scene to scene; or he will mix from one scene into the next.
b. trans. To combine (two or more sound signals) into one, either linearly, by adding together a fraction of each in a mixer (sense 2 b), or non-linearly, by causing one signal to modulate a second in a mixer (sense 2 c).
1928[see balance v. 4]. 1931C. Dreher in L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pict. xxiv. 345 He also mixes the output of the microphones when several are used. 1958W. F. Lovering Radio Communication viii. 172 Suppressor-grid control may be used to ‘mix’ two signals to produce a modulated output. 1962J. H. & P. J. Reyner Radio Communication ix. 364 A pentode valve was used as an anode bend detector.., while a small triode, assembled round the same cathode, generated the local oscillation, and the two were mixed by using a common bias resistor in the cathode circuit. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 549/1 When several microphones are used on the set, their outputs are often mixed and reproduced on a single film or tape. |