complex mixture

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplexandmixture

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complex
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.pleks/
us
/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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mixture
noun
uk
/ˈmɪks.tʃər/
us
/ˈmɪks.tʃɚ/
a substance made from a combination of different substances, or any combination of ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandmixturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplex mixture

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The advantage of our model lies in the fact that we are describing acomplexmixtureof molecules with an average molecular structure.
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In the transition zone, we find acomplexmixtureof chemical compounds that reproduce and secure energy.
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However, many elderly people undergoing surgery, particularly for emergency conditions, have acomplexmixtureof medical and surgical problems.
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In fact, they contained acomplexmixtureof associational and communal elements.
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Rather, acomplexmixtureof economic factors, local tensions, and individual personalities combined in attacks on specific individuals.
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In this latter respect, she detects a 'complexmixtureof humanitarianism, feminism and class prejudice'.
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The governing norms here are acomplexmixtureof utilitarian and nonutilitarian principles.
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It is acomplexmixtureof exaptation and adaptation.
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In practice, of course, many person-environment correlations involve acomplexmixtureof the two.
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Many involve acomplexmixtureof images.
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What makes these problems particularly hard is that they are optimization problems that involve continuous time, resources, metric quantities, and acomplexmixtureof action choices and ordering decisions.
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The impact of recording on listening has been acomplexmixtureof social and perceptual consequences, which collectively represent a fundamental change in the ecology of music.
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Third, each part 'in itself is acomplexmixtureof supranational and intergovernmental elements'.
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Many risk experiences bring about acomplexmixtureof shared and nonshared effects, and what is needed is an understanding of how these risk processes operate.
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The piece is acomplexmixtureof multiphonic live flute texture with sampled, synthesised, and modified flute sounds and whispers,4 as well as different kinds of reverberation.
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Natural petroleum is acomplexmixtureof hydrocarbons.
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Particulate matter is acomplexmixtureof organic and inorganic substances.
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