Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of mixing: said of certain liquids which, upon contact, maintain a definite dividing surface.
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- adjective (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing
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The fuel and the water were non-miscible, they did not mix.
Tiger! Tiger! Bester, Alfred 1955
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