IMMISCIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immiscible mean? 

• IMMISCIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective IMMISCIBLE has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

  Familiarity information: IMMISCIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMISCIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

Synonyms:

immiscible; non-miscible; unmixable

Similar:

incompatible (used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Antonym:

miscible ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed)

 Context examples 

The inherent characteristic of a molecule or substance to be immiscible in water.

(Hydrophobicity, NCI Thesaurus)

Mixing of solids into liquid or of immiscible liquids by shear and impact within high velocity streams.

(High Shear Wet Milling Mixing, NCI Thesaurus)

A liquid composed of two immiscible substances, typically some form of fat and water.

(Fat Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-solid composed of at least two immiscible liquids, one of which is dispersed as droplets within the other liquid, and stabilized with one or more emulsifying agents.

(Emulsion Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture of two immiscible substances in which the sizes of the particles in the dispersed phase are defined as less than 1000 nanometers.

(Nanoemulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosage form consisting of a two-phase system comprised of at least two immiscible liquids (1), one of which is dispersed as droplets (internal or dispersed phase) within the other liquid (external or continuous phase), generally stabilized with one or more emulsifying agents.

(Emulsion Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)