a. & sb. [ad. Gr. εὔτηκτος easily melting (f. εὐ- EU- + τήκ-ειν to melt) + -IC.]
A. adj. Characterized by eutexia; of a nature to melt easily. B. sb. A eutectic substance.
1885. Athenæum, 28 March, 412/3. The temperature of liquefaction of a eutectic substance is lower than the temperature of either, or any, of the metallic constituents of an alloy.
1884. Asclepiad, Oct. App. 3. Eutexia … applies to compound bodies in chemistry ‘whose chief characteristic is the lowness of their temperature of fusion.’ They are henceforth to be called eutectics.
