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eutectic

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

eu=tec=tic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun eutectic has 1 sense

eutectic(n = noun.substance) Array - a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point; Array

is a kind of

mixture

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CIDE DICTIONARY

eutectic, a. [Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.].

Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

eutectic, n.

a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

eutectic, adj. & n. Chem.
--adj. (of a mixture, alloy, etc.) having the lowest freezing-point of any possible proportions of its constituents.
--n. a eutectic mixture.

Idiom

eutectic point (or temperature) the minimum freezing-point for a eutectic mixture.

Etymology

Gk eutektos (as EU-, teko melt)

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