eutectic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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.
- (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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]describing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
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chemistry: describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases
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Noun
[edit]eutectic (plural eutectics)
- A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
- The temperature of the eutectic point.
Usage notes
[edit]- Use with the indefinite article is mixed. The dominant usage seems to favour "a eutectic", although "an eutectic" can be found in some texts.
Translations
[edit]material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture/alloy
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temperature of the eutectic
References
[edit]- The Oxford English Dictionary
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French eutectique.
Adjective
[edit]eutectic m or n (feminine singular eutectică, masculine plural eutectici, feminine and neuter plural eutectice)
Declension
[edit]Declension of eutectic
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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