eutectic
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- a mixture of substances having a minimum melting pointType of mixture
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
eu·tec′tic (ū-tĕk′tĭk), adjective
Origin: Gr. εὔτηκτος easily melted; εὖ well + τήκειν to melt.
Physics 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.
eutectic (ū-tĕk′tĭk), noun
a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point for mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture. Syn. — eutectic mixture.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement, WordNet 1.5