About The Word Effloresce
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Effloresce
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What's The Definition Of Effloresce?
[v] become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
[v] burst forth into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past" [v] assume crystalline form; become crystallized Synonyms | Synonyms for Effloresce: burst forth | crystalise | crystalize | crystallize Related Terms | Find terms related to Effloresce: See Also | bloom | blossom | devitrify | encrust | flower | incrust | solidify Effloresce In Webster's Dictionary \Ef`flo*resce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Effloresced};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Efflorescing}.] [L. efflorescere to bloom,
blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr.
florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See {Flower}.]
1. To blossom forth. --Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a
whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual
decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple
exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others,
effloresce.
3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light
crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some
of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid
proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls
of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of
calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of
nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.
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