Mixed

Mixed is the past tense of mix. It may also refer to:

  • Mixed breed, an animal whose parents are from different breeds or species
  • Mixed anomaly, in theoretical physics, an example of an anomaly
  • Mixed data sampling, an econometric model developed by Ghysels
  • Mixed Doubles (play), a play that was first performed
  • Mixed drink, see cocktail
  • Mixed feelings, ambivalence
  • Mixed forest, see Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Mixed gauge, see Dual gauge
  • Mixed government, a form of government that integrated facets of democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy
  • Mixed inhibition, a combination of two different types of reversible enzyme inhibition
  • Mixed language, a language that arises when two languages are in contact
  • Mixed Martial Arts, a combat sport in which two competitors use different martial arts for fighting
  • Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.
  • Mixed metaphor, see Metaphor (language)
  • Mixed oxide fuel, see Nuclear reprocessing
  • Mixed reality, the merging of real world and virtual worlds
  • Mixed spices, a common sweet blend of spices
  • Mixed strategy, used in game theory economics
  • Mixtape, a home-made compilation of songs
  • Multiracial, a person who is of multiple races.

Famous quotes containing the word mixed:

    “To brew up an adult, it seems that some leftover childhood must be mixed in; a little unfinished business from the past periodically intrudes on our adult life, confusing our relationships and disturbing our sense of self.”
    —Roger Gould (20th century)

    “Haiti is full of nonsense and superstition. They’re always mixed up with a lot of mysteries that’ll turn your hair gray.”
    —Garnett Weston. Victor Halperin. Dr. Brunner (Joseph Cawthorn)

    “Let us not deny it up and down. Providence has a wild, rough, incalculable road to its end, and it is of no use to try to whitewash its huge, mixed instrumentalities, or to dress up that terrific benefactor in a clean shirt and white neckcloth of a student of divinity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)