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deliquesce
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Deliquesce
(gcide) | Deliquesce \Del`i*quesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced;
p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt,
dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere
to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.)
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and
absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and
alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce.
--Black.
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deliquesce
(wn) | deliquesce
v 1: melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually
deliquesced"
2: melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air;
"this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
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deliquesce
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deliquesced
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deliquescent
(encz) | deliquescent,rozpustný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Deliquesced
(gcide) | Deliquesce \Del`i*quesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced;
p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt,
dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere
to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.)
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and
absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and
alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce.
--Black.
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Deliquescence
(gcide) | Deliquescence \Del`i*ques"cence\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]liquescence.]
The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which
anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
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Deliquescent
(gcide) | Deliquescent \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.
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2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as
in most deciduous trees. --Gray.
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deliquesce
(wn) | deliquesce
v 1: melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually
deliquesced"
2: melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air;
"this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
deliquescent
(wn) | deliquescent
adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by
absorbing moisture from the air |
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