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peritectoid

peritectoid adjective: describes the isothermal reversible reaction of multiple solid phases to form a new system of fewer solid phases during cooling.

Adjective

peritectoid (not comparable)

  1. Describes the isothermal reversible reaction of multiple solid phases to form a new system of fewer solid phases during cooling.

Words formed from peritectoid

Questions about peritectoid

What does peritectoid mean?
Peritectoid means describes the isothermal reversible reaction of multiple solid phases to form a new system of fewer solid phases during cooling.
What part of speech is peritectoid?
Peritectoid is an adjective.

Words near peritectoid in the dictionary

  1. peritalar
  2. perite
  3. peritectic
  4. peritectically
  5. peritectics
  6. peritectoid
  7. peritectoidally
  8. peritectoidically
  9. peritectomies
  10. peritectomy
  11. peritelomere

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