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mixer definition

mixer (miksər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that mixes; specif.,
    1. ☆ a person with reference to the ability to get along with others a good mixer
    2. an electric appliance for mixing or beating foods
    3. a machine for mixing concrete mixer
    4. a person responsible for combining and balancing visual or sound sources, as for film soundtracks, radio or TV broadcasts, etc.
  2. a social gathering, as a dance, for getting people acquainted with one another
  3. a beverage, as soda water or ginger ale, for mixing with alcoholic liquor
  4. Electronics
    1. a device or circuit for combining carriers of differing frequencies to produce a desired carrier
    2. an electrical apparatus in which signals from various audio sources are combined in desired proportions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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