eutectic

eutectic
1. Easily melted; denoting specifically mixtures of certain chemical compounds that have a lower melting point than any of their individual ingredients; e.g., a solid, such as menthol, that when triturated with another solid of the same class, such as camphor, unites with it to form a liquid, the mixture having a lower melting point than either of its components. 2. The alloy that freezes at a constant temperature; the lowest of the series. [eu- + G. texis, a melting away]

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eu·tec·tic yu̇-'tek-tik adj
1) of an alloy or solution having the lowest melting point possible
2) of or relating to a eutectic alloy or solution or its melting or freezing point
eutectic n

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eu·tec·tic (u-tekґtik) [Gr. eutēktos 1. easily melted or dissolved] easily melted; used specifically of a mixture that melts at a lower temperature than any of its ingredients. 2. a solution or alloy of two or more components having the lowest possible melting temperature that could be obtained by manipulating the ratios of the components. 3. pertaining to such a solution, or to the lowest melting temperature so obtained.

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