deliquescence
Americannoun
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the process of deliquescing
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a solution formed when a solid or liquid deliquesces
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Origin of deliquescence
First recorded in 1750–60; deliquesce + -ence
Example Sentences
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The movement is peak McGregor: Bodies curving and winding, morphing between defined shapes and liquid deliquescence; legs extending with gasp-inducing flexibility.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023
If this is related to deliquescence from the atmosphere, we should see a difference in brightness and darkness, with time of day.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2017
The process, known as deliquescence, is seen in the Atacama desert, where the resulting damp patches are the only known place for microbes to live.
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2015
It was an industry in a state of deliquescence, and Varda saw rightly that, if Hollywood were to become solid again, it would do so in open acknowledgment of and confrontation with its own past.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2015
The whole thing is part, one may suppose, of the deliquescence of the Puritan tradition in morals, and will probably not endure.
From A History of the United States by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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