immiscible

[ ih-mis-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not miscible; incapable of being mixed.

immiscible

/ ɪˈmɪsɪbəl /

adjective

1. (of two or more liquids) incapable of being mixed to form a homogeneous substance

   oil and water are immiscible

immiscible

/ ĭ-mĭs′ə-bəl /

1. Incapable of being mixed or blended together. Immiscible liquids that are shaken together eventually separate into layers. Oil and water are immiscible.
2. Compare miscible

Derived Forms

• imˌmisciˈbility, noun
• imˈmiscibly, adverb

Other Words From

• im·misci·bili·ty noun
• im·misci·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of immiscible¹

First recorded in 1665–75; im- ² + miscible

Example Sentences

The research group prints one liquid within another immiscible liquid, assembling soft membranes on the liquid-liquid interface.

From Science Daily

The second step typically either uses an immiscible liquid as a barrier, or the microchambers are enclosed by solid walls, but either option complicates the design, manufacturing and use of these systems.

From Nature

Since arriving at the park three months earlier, as they acclimated to their new setting and forged the sort of immiscible bonds that make Lycaon pictus one of the most social mammals in the world, the dogs had grown accustomed to a daily delivery of a freshly killed antelope to feast on.

From New York Times

A hockey play isn’t a jar of immiscible liquids with each part being visible and separate, but rather a mishmash of players sliding in and out of different roles.

From The Guardian

Swapping ions can render a salt soluble in or immiscible with a given solvent, stable or reactive, non-volatile or distillable, and permeable or not.

From Nature