Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEu·tec"tic (?), a. [Gr. ευτηκτοσ easily melted; ευ well + τηκειν 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. Eu·ter"pe (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? delightful; ? well + ? to delight.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over music. 2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees. Eu·ter"pe·an (?) a. Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music. Eu·tex"i·a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a being easily melted.] (Physics) The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility. Eu`tha·na"si·a (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? well + ? death, ?, ?, to die: cf. F. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Eu·than"a·sy (?), n. Same as Euthanasia. Eu`thi·o·chro"ic (?), a. [Gr. ? well + ? sulphur + ? color.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called. -- Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts. Eu`thy·neu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? straight + ? a nerve.] (Zoöl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata. Eu"tro·phy (?), n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? nourishing, healthy; ? well + ? to nourish.] (Med.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions. Eu·tych"i·an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian. |