Dictionary entry

Eutectic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Eu‐tec″tic (?), a. [Gr. εὔτηκτοσ easily melted; εὐ̑ well + τήκειν to melt.] (Physics) 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.