Definition: mix

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

mix
     n 1: a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients [syn: premix]
     2: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual
        mixture of cultures" [syn: mixture]
     3: the act of mixing; "paste made by a mix of flour and water";
        "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
        [syn: commixture, admixture, mixture, mixing]
     v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well";
          "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A.
          Schlesinger [syn: blend, flux, conflate, commingle,
           immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
     2: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;
        "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: desegregate,
         integrate] [ant: segregate]
     3: to bring or combine together or with something else:
        "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mingle,
         commix, unify, amalgamate]
     4: as of electronic signals; "mixing sounds"
     5: add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the
        drink" [syn: mix in]
     6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle
        the cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mix \Mix\, v. i.
   1. To become united into a compound; to be blended
      promiscuously together.

   2. To associate; to mingle.

            He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind.
                                                  --Byron.

Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed(less properly Mixt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G.
   mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere,
   mixtum, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has
   been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and
   even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere.
   Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]
   1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
      as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
      substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
      compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
      as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.

            Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.

   2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

            Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
                                                  --Hos. vii. 8.

   3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
      of ingredients; to compound of different parts.

            Hast thou no poison mixed?            --Shak.

            I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
            civil considerations.                 --Bacon.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

MIX

   Knuth's hypothetical machine, used in The Art of Computer
   Programming v.1, Donald Knuth, A-W 1969.