Etymograph

English

hypereutectic

From hyper- + eutectic.

Formed from hyper- + eutectic

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος ‘easily melted’

English eutectic

Today it means

adj Having a composition that lies to the right of the eutectic point in a phase diagram

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Etymograph / hypereutectic