Eu*ro"pi*um (?), n. [NL.; Europe + -ium, as in aluminium.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the rare-earth group, discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; at. wt., 152.0.
Eu*tec"tic (?), a. [Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.] (Physics) Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.
||Eu*tex"i*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a being easily melted.] (Physics) The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
E*vag"i*nate (?), a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See Evagination.] Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane.
E*vag"i*nate (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.] To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
E*vag`i*na"tion, n. An outgrowth or protruded part.
Evergreen State. Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.
Ex`al*ta"tion (?), n. (Med.) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, - - a symptom observed in various forms of insanity.
Ex*change" ed"i*tor. An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
Ex*cite", v. t. (Elec.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo.
||Ex` li"bris (?). [L. ex from + libris books.] An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.
Ex"moor (?), n. [From Exmoor, a district in Somersetshire and Devonshire.] 1. One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.