immiscible
immiscible — adjective
- immisciblepositive
- more immisciblecomparative
- most immisciblesuperlative
1. describes two liquids that stay in separate layers and will not blend into one e
describes two liquids that stay in separate layers and will not blend into one even after you stir or shake them
Oil and water are immiscible, so the oil floats in a clear layer on top.
predicative: be immiscible (of two liquids)
Élise poured the vinegar in, but the two immiscible liquids quickly split apart again.
attributive: immiscible + liquids
The factory had to remove the immiscible solvent before it reached the river.
In the lab, Tunde showed the class how immiscible fluids form a sharp line between them.
Petrol and milk are immiscible and refuse to combine no matter how hard you shake the bottle.
- unmixable
plainer, everyday word for the same idea
- non-mixing
descriptive, used loosely outside chemistry
用法筆記
Almost always used of liquids, in a scientific or technical context. Frequently appears predicatively as 'A and B are immiscible'.