About The Word Efflorescence
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Efflorescence
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What's The Definition Of Efflorescence?
[n] a powdery deposit on a surface
[n] the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [n] the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [n] any red eruption of the skin Synonyms | Synonyms for Efflorescence: anthesis | bloom | bloom | blossom | blossoming | florescence | flower | flowering | flush | heyday | inflorescence | peak | prime | rash | roseola | skin rash Related Terms | Find terms related to Efflorescence: See Also | crystallisation | crystallization | crystallizing | development | eruption | growing | growth | heat rash | hives | maturation | miliaria | nettle rash | ontogenesis | ontogeny | period | period of time | prickly heat | time period | urticaria | urtication Efflorescence In Webster's Dictionary \Ef`flo*res"cence\, n. [F. efflorescence.]
1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of
flowers; blowth.
2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash,
measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
3. (Chem.)
(a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the
surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
(b) The powder or crust thus formed.
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