eutectic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: eu=tec=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

eutectic, a. [Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.].

 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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

eutectic, n. 

 a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eutectic, 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.

Idiom

eutectic point (or temperature) the minimum freezing-point for a eutectic mixture.

Etymology

Gk eutektos (as EU-, teko melt)