eutectic
Pronunciation: /juˈtɛk.tɪk/
The English word “eutectic” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances.
- Describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases.
noun
- A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
- The temperature of the eutectic point.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scientist Frederick Guthrie in 1884.
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