Azeotrope definitions

ə-zē'ə-trōp', ā'zē-
A liquid mixture of two or more substances that boils at a constant characteristic temperature lower or higher than any of its components and that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state.
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A liquid mixture that maintains a constant boiling point and that produces a vapor of the same composition as the mixture.
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(physics) 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.
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Origin of azeotrope

a– Greek zein to boil zeolite Greek -tropos turning –tropous