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eutectoid

The English word “eutectoid” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Describing the phase-change reaction of an alloy in which, on cooling, a single solid phase transforms into two other solid phases.

noun

  1. An alloy of a composition that undergoes the eutectoid transformation.

Etymology

From eutectic + -oid.

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