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Hygroscopic   Listen
adjective
Hygroscopic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.
2.
Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.





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"Hygroscopic" Quotes from Famous Books



... decomposition to proceed with a certain degree of slowness. The receiver is then surrounded with a mixture of ice and salt, and from this moment all the hydrofluoric acid is condensed as a limpid liquid, boiling at 19.5 deg., very hygroscopic, and, as is well known, giving abundant fumes in presence ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 • Various
... or flux compounds to any other material for winter work nose-caps as being absolutely non-hygroscopic. (2) We cannot recommend ...
— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Hygroscopic" :   absorptive, absorbent


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