eutectic

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, easily melted), from εὖ (, well) + τήκω (tḗkō, to melt). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scientist Frederick Guthrie in 1884.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /juˈtɛk.tɪk/
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  • Hyphenation: eu‧tec‧tic
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

Adjective

eutectic (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. (chemistry) Describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases.
    For a mixture with two components at a fixed pressure, the eutectic reaction can only happen at a fixed chemical composition and temperature, called the eutectic point.

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Noun

eutectic (plural eutectics)

  1. A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
  2. The temperature of the eutectic point.

Usage notes

  • Use with the indefinite article is mixed. The dominant usage seems to favour "a eutectic", although "an eutectic" can be found in some texts.

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References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eutectique.

Adjective

eutectic m or n (feminine singular eutectică, masculine plural eutectici, feminine and neuter plural eutectice)

  1. eutectic

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite eutectic eutectică eutectici eutectice
definite eutecticul eutectica eutecticii eutecticele
genitive-
dative
indefinite eutectic eutectice eutectici eutectice
definite eutecticului eutecticei eutecticilor eutecticelor