unmixing
Pulling apart blends
Unmixing is the process of separating something that has been mixed.
In audio engineering, unmixing extracts individual instruments or vocals from a combined recording: AI tools can now unmix a finished song into separate tracks.
In chemistry and signal processing, unmixing isolates component elements from blended data.
The word implies reversing what mixing combined.
Dividing into sections
- fractionationSeparating mixture into components
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
- decantationSeparating liquid from sediment
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
filtration · extraction · chromatography · precipitation · crystallization · dialysis · adsorption · leaching
Removal of contaminants
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- refinementElegance of manner
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
clarification · detoxification · cleansing · rectification · depuration · isolating · extracting · straining
partitioning
Dividing into sections
- fractionationSeparating mixture into components
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
- decantationSeparating liquid from sediment
sedimentation · filtration · extraction · chromatography · precipitation · crystallization · dialysis · adsorption · leaching · stratification
purification
Removal of contaminants
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- refinementElegance of manner
- distillationPurification via vaporization
filtration · clarification · detoxification · cleansing · rectification · depuration · isolating · extracting · straining · skimming
signal processing
Mathematical manipulation of waveforms
- multitrackMultiple parallel recording channels
untangle
Undo knots or confusion
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- extricateFree from entanglement
- disentwineSeparate intertwined things
unweave · decouple · unbraid · unlace · unwind · detach · disengage · loosen · disassociate · disjoin
- flow cytometryFACS, gating, forward scatter, fluorescence, dot plot
- spectral imaginghyperspectral, multispectral, spectral analysis, hypercube, infrared imaging
- descramblingunscrambling, rearranging, reordering, word puzzles, letter sorting
unmixingmixing
Combining into one mass
blending · combining · merging · mingling · intermixing
unmixingscrambling
Moving clumsily in haste
jumbling · shuffling · randomizing · muddling · confusing
mix, mixed, mixture, mixer, mixing, unmixed, remix, unmix, remixes