About The Word Deliquescent
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Deliquescent
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What's The Definition Of Deliquescent?
[adj] (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deliquescent: hydrophilic Related Terms | Find terms related to Deliquescent: 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 See Also | Deliquescent In Webster's Dictionary \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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