azeotrope. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

azeotrope

SYLLABICATION:	a·ze·o·trope
PRONUNCIATION:	-z-trp, z-
NOUN:	A liquid mixture of two or more substances that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state when distilled or partially evaporated under a certain pressure.
ETYMOLOGY:	a–¹ + Greek zein, to boil; see zeolite + Greek -tropos, turning; see –tropous.
OTHER FORMS:	aze·o·tropic (z--trpk, -trpk) —ADJECTIVE aze·otro·py (-tr-p) —NOUN


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