hypereutectoid

or hy·per·eu·tec·tic

[ hahy-per-yoo-tek-toid ]

adjectiveMetallurgy.
  1. (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.

  2. (of steel) having more carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.

Origin of hypereutectoid

1
First recorded in 1910–15; hyper- + eutectoid

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