eutectic
Syllables: eu·tec·tic/juˈtɛk.tɪk/
eutectic adjective: 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.
Adjective
eutectic (not comparable)
- 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.
- 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.
Noun
eutectic (plural eutectics)
- A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
- The temperature of the eutectic point.
eutectic meaning in Tamil
eutectic in Tamil
- எளிதில் உருகு
Forms of eutectic
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Origin of eutectic
From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Coined as an adjective (along with the noun eutexia) by British scientist Frederick Guthrie in 1884.
Words formed from eutectic
Phrases with eutectic
Words that rhyme with eutectic
- symplectic
- apoplectic
- dialectic
- hectic
- smectic
- analectic
- anorectic
- catalectic
- eclectic
- monolectic
- pectic
- plectic
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- polylectic
- syntectic
- acatalectic
- acathectic
- anatectic
- antiapoplectic
- anticachectic
- anticataplectic
- anticathectic
- antiplectic
- brachycatalectic
- cachectic
- cataplectic
- catatectic
- cathectic
- cosymplectic
- cotectic
- countercathectic
- demodectic
- diaplectic
- dicatalectic
- dyslectic
- dystectic
- ecolectic
- ephectic
- hyosymplectic
- hypercatalectic
- hypereutectic
- hypoeutectic
- ideolectic
- idiolectic
- karyorrhectic
- lectic
- metaplectic
- metatectic
- methectic
- metriplectic
- monotectic
- multisymplectic
- nektic
- nondialectic
- noneclectic
- nonsymplectic
- oligolectic
- orectic
- orthosymplectic
- paraplectic
- periplectic
Questions about eutectic
- What does eutectic mean?
- Eutectic means 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.
- What is eutectic in Tamil?
- Eutectic in Tamil is எளிதில் உருகு. See Eutectic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is eutectic?
- Eutectic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce eutectic?
- Eutectic is pronounced /juˈtɛk.tɪk/ (US).
Words near eutectic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eutectic (page history and authors); eutectic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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