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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

eutectic

/(ū*tĕk"tĭk)/ · eu·tec·tic · IPA /juˈtɛk.tɪk/
01 a. Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination …
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    Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.(Physics)
02 n. a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic …
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    a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture.
Syn. eutectic mixture.