liquidus

[lik-wi-duhs]

liq·ui·dus

[lik-wi-duhs]
noun Physical Chemistry.
(on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a liquid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the solid solution.
Compare solidus2


Origin:
1900–05; < Latin; see liquid
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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liquidus   (lĭk'wĭ-dəs)  Pronunciation Key 
The minimum temperature at which all components of a mixture (such as an alloy) can be in a liquid state. Below the liquidus the mixture will be partly or entirely solid. See illustration at eutectic. Compare solidus.
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