desiccationn.

/dɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin dēsiccātiōn-em, noun of action < dēsiccāre : see desiccate v.

a. The action of making quite dry; depriving or freeing of moisture; dried up condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry

dryinga1398

desiccation1477

arefaction1576

exsiccation1599

siccation1617

desiccating1893

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 104 Another Fier is Fire of Disiccation.

?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Tiv^v Composed woundes apostemate with venym requyreth stronge desiccacyon.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 26 A great drought and dessication of the earth.

1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 352 To finish the desiccation of the residue over a water bath.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt iii. 44 Mummies, reduced to an extraordinary degree of desiccation.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iv. 91 The general desiccation which Africa has undergone.

b. attributive, as desiccation-crack, in Geology, a crack produced in a bed of clay in the process of drying, and subsequently filled by a new deposit of soft matter.

ΚΠ

1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 143 Appearances..known as desiccation cracks..not to be confounded with ‘joints’, ‘cleavage’ and similar phenomena.

1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life vi. 85 Irregular desiccation marks, like the cracks at the bottom of a sun-dried muddy pool.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. i. 485 These desiccation-cracks or sun-cracks..prove that the surface of rock on which they lie was exposed to the air and dried before the next layer of water-borne sediment was deposited upon it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	desiccation
释义	desiccationn. /dɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin dēsiccātiōn-em, noun of action < dēsiccāre : see desiccate v. a. The action of making quite dry; depriving or freeing of moisture; dried up condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry dryinga1398 desiccation1477 arefaction1576 exsiccation1599 siccation1617 desiccating1893 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 104 Another Fier is Fire of Disiccation. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Tiv^v Composed woundes apostemate with venym requyreth stronge desiccacyon. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 26 A great drought and dessication of the earth. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 352 To finish the desiccation of the residue over a water bath. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt iii. 44 Mummies, reduced to an extraordinary degree of desiccation. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iv. 91 The general desiccation which Africa has undergone. b. attributive, as desiccation-crack, in Geology, a crack produced in a bed of clay in the process of drying, and subsequently filled by a new deposit of soft matter. ΚΠ 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 143 Appearances..known as desiccation cracks..not to be confounded with ‘joints’, ‘cleavage’ and similar phenomena. 1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life vi. 85 Irregular desiccation marks, like the cracks at the bottom of a sun-dried muddy pool. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. i. 485 These desiccation-cracks or sun-cracks..prove that the surface of rock on which they lie was exposed to the air and dried before the next layer of water-borne sediment was deposited upon it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1477
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