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Cement vs Mixtion - What's the difference?

cement | mixtion |

As nouns the difference between cement and mixtion

is that cement is (label) a powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water while mixtion is (archaic) the act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.

As a verb cement

is to affix with cement.

cement

English

(wikipedia cement)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • (label) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.
  • (label) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
  • (label) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
  • (label) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

    • Derived terms

    * Keene's cement * masonry cement * Portland cement

    See also

    * concrete

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To affix with cement.
  • To overlay or coat with cement.
    • to cement a cellar bottom
  • (figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (figuratively) To make permanent.
  • * "But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit;" David Hume, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=704&chapter=137514&layout=html&Itemid=27

    • mixtion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
    • Nor are there hardly any who either treat of mutation or mixtion of sexes, who have not left some mention of this point [...].
  • (obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
  • (obsolete) A chemical compound.
  • (obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
  • (obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
  • (obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

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