EUTECTOID

Etymology

Adjective

eutectoid (not comparable)

Describing the phase-change reaction of an alloy in which, on cooling, a single solid phase transforms into two other solid phases.

Noun

eutectoid (plural eutectoids)

An alloy of a composition that undergoes the eutectoid transformation.

Source: Wiktionary



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SYCAMORE

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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