English Explanatory Dictionary

azeotrope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
verb
  1. To create a mixture of this kind.

Word forms

azeotrope azeotropes azeotroping azeotroped

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “no”) + ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + τρόπος (trópos, “state”).

Related words

azeotropic azeotropy zeotrope eutectic extractive distillation salt-effect distillation

Derived words

heteroazeotrope
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