Meaning of DELIQUESCENT
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Del`i*ques"cent\, a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p.
pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. d['e]liquescent.]
1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of
attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming
liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as
in most deciduous trees. --Gray.
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| | Related Terms: | | contractive, declining, decoagulated, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, in solution, in suspension, languishing, lessening, liquefied, liquescent, melted, molten, on the wane, reductive, subsiding, thawed, unclotted, waning |
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