deliquescence
[del-i-kwes-uh ns]
- the act or process of deliquescing.
- the substance produced when something deliquesces.
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Origin of deliquescence
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When it is soon lost in the division, as in Fig. 4, it is said to be deliquescent.
Trees of the Northern United StatesAustin C. Apgar
It occurs as a red, crystalline, fusible, deliquescent powder.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Medicinal or impure emetia is brownish, red, deliquescent, and emetic in doses of 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 gr.
Deliquescent, branching off so that the stem is lost in the branches, 32.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
The potash salt crystallizes in quadrilateral prisms, needles or plates, and is not deliquescent.
deliquescence
- the process of deliquescing
- a solution formed when a solid or liquid deliquesces
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Word Origin and History for deliquescent
adj.
1791, in chemistry, from Latin deliquescentem (nominative deliquescens), present participle of deliquescere (see deliquesce). General use dates from 1866. Related: Deliquescence.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
deliquescence
(dĕl′ĭ-kwĕs′əns)- The process of dissolving or of becoming liquid through the absorption of moisture from the atmosphere.
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deliquescent
[dĕl′ĭ-kwĕs′ənt]
- Relating to a solid substance that absorbs moisture from the air and becomes liquid. Deliquescent substances usually absorb so much moisture from the air that they form a strong solution. Potassium hydroxide is deliquescent.
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