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zeotrope

Today it means: A mixture of liquids that may be separated via the gas phase (i.e. by distillation) Full definition →

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From ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + τρόπος (trópos, “state”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.