intermix

verb, noun — 2 senses

intermix

verb

UK /ˌɪntəˈmɪks/ · US /ˌɪn(t)ɚˈmɪks/

Etymology From inter- + mix.

1

To mix together; to intermingle or blend.

  • Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut.2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times:
Derived terms
intermixable, intermixer, intermixingly, intermixture

intermix

noun

Etymology From inter- + mix.

1

An intermixture; the product of mixing together

  • This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction, →ISBN, page 83:

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