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Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles is a 2006 Hindi comedy-drama by Rajat Kapoor, premiered at IFFR, in which a bored Mumbai husband (Ranvir Shorey) proposes wife swapping to Konkona Sen Sharma's Malti.
Mixed economy
A mixed economy, also called mixed capitalism, is an economic system combining free markets with government intervention through regulation, state-owned enterprises, subsidies, and tax policy.
Mixed farming
Mixed farming is an agricultural system in which a farmer combines crops and livestock on one farm, with manure returning nutrients and crop leftovers feeding animals.
Mixed fermentation
Mixed fermentation is a brewing and food-production method in which multiple yeasts and lactic acid bacteria ferment together, producing acidity and aroma in styles like lambic and Gose.
Mixed finite element method
A mixed finite element method is a Galerkin technique approximating two or more coupled fields of a partial differential equation at once, such as velocity and pressure.
Mixed fluid cascade process
The mixed fluid cascade process is an LNG liquefaction technology developed by Linde and Statoil, first used commercially at the Snøhvit plant in Norway in 2007.
Mixed forest
Mixed forest: a stand with two or more tree species, or both broadleaf and coniferous trees, neither predominating (CORINE 25–75% shares). Known for higher carbon storage, biodiversity, and soil health than monocultures, with context-dependent benefits.
Mixed germ cell tumor
Mixed germ cell tumor (MGCT, ICD-O-3 9085/3) is a rare cancer containing at least two germ cell tumor types, such as embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, or seminoma; it arises most often in the ovary or testicle and is managed as a nonseminoma.
Mixed government
Mixed government: classical constitutional design blending monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy so each checks the others; theorized by Aristotle and Polybius, applied in Rome and the U.S. Constitution, distinct from separation of powers.
Mixed hydroxide precipitate
Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) is a gray-green nickel-cobalt intermediate made by precipitating nickel and cobalt from leached laterite ore, chiefly in HPAL plants, and is the main feedstock for battery-grade nickel sulfate.
Mixed incontinence
Mixed urinary incontinence (MUI): coexisting stress and urge urinary incontinence per ICS/IUGA definition. Second-most-common UI subtype in women after stress UI; treated by predominant symptom, conservatively first.
Mixed ionic-electronic conducting electrode
A mixed ionic-electronic conducting (MIEC) electrode conducts both ions and electrons, extending electrochemical reactions beyond the triple-phase boundary in solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells.
Mixed language
Mixed languages (also intertwined or split languages) are stable contact languages combining grammar and lexicon from two source languages, such as Media Lengua, Michif, and Gurindji Kriol, distinguished from creoles, pidgins, and code-switching by stability and intact subsystems.
Mixed layer
The mixed layer, also called the isothermal layer, is the turbulent upper ocean where wind and cooling make temperature, salinity, and density nearly uniform, typically tens of meters deep.
Mixed lesions of pinta
Mixed lesions of pinta (ICD-11 1C1E.3; ICD-10-CM A67.3), also called achromic and hyperchromic skin lesions of pinta, is a coding category for pinta, the Treponema carateum skin disease, when depigmented and hyperpigmented lesions coexist.
Mixed logit
Mixed logit, also called the mixed logit model, is a discrete choice model in which utility coefficients vary randomly over decision makers, relaxing the limits of standard logit.
Mixed lubrication
Mixed lubrication is a lubrication regime in which the load is carried partly by lubricant film pressure and partly by asperity contact, occurring at film thickness ratios between 1 and 3.
Mixed lymphocyte culture test
The mixed lymphocyte culture test, also called the mixed lymphocyte reaction, mixes lymphocytes from two people in culture to measure HLA class II mismatch, once used to select transplant donors.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), from Brazilian vale tudo and the 1993 UFC, is a full-contact combat sport combining striking and grappling under the 2009 Unified Rules, with competition injury rates of 23.6-54.5 per 100 athlete-exposures.
Mixed martial arts cage
The mixed martial arts cage, best known as the UFC's trademarked Octagon, is the fenced eight-sided arena designed by Jason Cusson for the first UFC in 1993, governed by the Unified Rules and central to cage-wrestling tactics.
Mixed martial arts rules
Mixed martial arts rules, chiefly the Unified Rules of MMA, govern bout structure, scoring, fouls, and equipment in professional MMA; bouts use five-minute rounds and the boxing-derived 10-Point Must System with three judges.
Mixed martial arts weight classes
Mixed martial arts weight classes: divisions with upper limits set by the Unified Rules (codified 2000), used differently by UFC (12 classes, 125-265 lb), ONE Championship (hydration-tested, 10 lb higher limits), and PFL (six divisions).
Mixed media
Mixed media: artworks made with two or more materials or techniques in one object, from Cubist collage (Picasso and Braque, circa 1912) to assemblage with found objects. Distinct from multimedia (electronic media) and collage (flat surface); composite structures pose special conservation challenges.
Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool
The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) is a checklist for appraising the methodological quality of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies, developed at McGill University and current since 2018.
Mixed methods research
Mixed methods research is a social science research approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and integration within a single study, requiring at least one point of integration between the two strands.
Mixed model
A mixed model is a statistical model combining fixed effects, constant across the population, with random effects attached to units, used for clustered and longitudinal data.
Mixed neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine neoplasm of pancreas
Pancreatic MiNEN (mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm), formerly MANEC or mixed exocrine-endocrine carcinoma, is a rare (0.2% of pancreatic tumors) biphasic malignancy with neuroendocrine and ductal or acinar components each ≥30%, five-year survival about 40%.
Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts is a 1994 Nora Ephron holiday comedy, a remake of Le Père Noël est une Ordure, starring Steve Martin as a crisis-hotline director on Christmas Eve; it earned $6.6M and was panned by critics.
Mixed radix
Mixed radix, also called mixed base, is a positional numeral system in which each digit position has its own radix, unlike the single fixed base of decimal.
Mixed rhinitis
Mixed rhinitis (ICD-11 CA08.2), also called mixed allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, is a chronic rhinitis subtype where allergic and non-allergic mechanisms coexist, affecting an estimated 30–50% of chronic rhinitis patients.