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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Greek eut?ktos easily melted, from eu- + t?ktos melted, from t?kein to melt — more at thaw Date: 1884 1. of an alloy or solution having the lowest melting point possible 2. of or relating to a eutectic alloy or solution or its melting or freezing point • eutectic noun • eutectoid adjective or noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. Chem. --adj. (of a mixture, alloy, etc.) having the lowest freezing-point of any possible proportions of its constituents. --n. a eutectic mixture. Phrases and idioms: eutectic point (or temperature) the minimum freezing-point for a eutectic mixture. Etymology: Gk eutektos (as EU-, teko melt)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eutectic Eu*tec"tic, a. [Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein 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.