单词 | chemical mixture |
释义 | > as lemmaschemical mixture chemical mixture n. †(a) a compound resulting from mixing two or more chemical substances that react with each other (as opposed to a simple mixture) (obsolete); (b) the process of chemical mixing; (c) a mixture of separate chemical substances (as opposed to a compound). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical admixture or isolation > [noun] > chemical combination chemical mixture1654 combination1766 chemical combination1767 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. 12 Whether it be not more probable, that those Coruscations, or Flashes of Light..did proceed rather from some such Chymical Mixture..which is of that nature as to be in a moment kindled, and yield a shortlived flame, upon the intromission of Aer into the vessel. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 184/1 Chemical mixture is attended with many phenomena which are never observed in simple mixtures. 1848 Lancet 9 Sept. 285/1 The secretion becomes of a rusty colour, as if from the chemical mixture of blood with the purulent discharge. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 21 A chemical mixture may possess the explosive power in a much higher degree than the propellant. 1904 Classical Rev. 18 132/1 An appearance of gray at a distance..[produced] by chemical mixture of the black and white bodies. 2006 Nature 13 Apr. 869/3 The biosphere..is an understandable chemical mixture of air, water, soil and organisms. < as lemmas |
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