Meanings
- not comparableDescribing 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.
- not comparablechemistryDescribing 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.
plural eutectics
- A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
- The temperature of the eutectic point.
Origin
- Ancient Greekεὔτηκτος“easily melted”
- Englisheutectic
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.
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Catalan eutèctic
- eutècticdescribing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
Finnish eutektinen, eutektinen
- eutektinendescribing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
- eutektinenchemistry: describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases
German eutektisch, Eutektikum
- eutektischdescribing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
- Eutektikummaterial that has the composition of a eutectic mixture/alloy
Turkish birerim, ötektik
- birerimdescribing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
- ötektikdescribing chemical composition/temperature of a mixture that gives the lowest temperature at which it becomes fully molten
- ötektik noktamaterial that has the composition of a eutectic mixture/alloy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eutectic
Cite this entry
eutectic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutectic
“eutectic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutectic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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