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immiscible

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Computer model showing a dense red fluid that at first is lying on top of a less dense blue fluid, the two fluids being mutually immiscible. Then gravity forces the two fluids past each other and instead of mixing and dissolving, they separate again.

Etymology

From im- +‎ miscible.

Adjective

immiscible (comparative more immiscible, superlative most immiscible)

  1. (physics) Of two or more liquids that are not mutually soluble: unmixable.
    A mixture of oil, water, and mercury forms three immiscible layers.

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