high-entropy alloy

noun

a type of metallic alloy containing not one dominant element, but multiple major elements, with a single crystalline structure and existing in a single phase

Meanings

nounhigh-entropy alloy (plural high-entropy alloys)

plural high-entropy alloys · alternative high entropy alloy

  1. engineeringa type of metallic alloy containing not one dominant element, but multiple major elements, with a single crystalline structure and existing in a single phase
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