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hypereutectoid

American

[hahy-per-yoo-tek-toid] / ˌhaɪ pər jʊˈtɛk tɔɪd /

Or hypereutectic

adjective

Metallurgy.

(of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
(of steel) having more carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.

First recorded in 1910–15; hyper- + eutectoid

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