单词 | humectation |
释义 | humectationn. 1. a. The action or process of moistening or wetting; irrigation; the condition of being moistened or wet. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun] > action or process wettinga1340 moistinga1398 wateringa1398 humectation1544 moistening1559 madefaction1583 irrigationa1618 aquation1623 1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) L ij b Ther vpon folowed the excessiue humectacyon or moisting of mans body. 1596 P. Barrough Method of Phisick (ed. 3) vi. iii. 365 The humectation or moistnesse of the vuula [sic]. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 407 If..the humectation exceeds the evaporation, the body at length wets through. 1849 N. Wiseman Sense v. Sci. in Ess. (1853) III. 589 The requisite degree of humectation. b. Old Chemistry. (See quot. 1706.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > miscellaneous other processes redintegrationa1550 decoction1555 fixion1555 cementation1592 fumigation1617 spiritualization1651 retortion1657 rocking1673 phosphorizationa1687 concentration1689 humectation1706 animalization1733 hyperoxygenation1793 bituminization1804 assimilation1830 metamorphosis1843 transformation1857 retorting1858 tincturation1860 regeneration1869 nitrification1880 diagenesis1886 aluminothermy1900 aluminothermics1902 photoprocess1910 olation1931 mass transfer1937 reconcentration1956 tritiation1961 borohydride reduction1965 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Humectation,..in Pharmacy and Chymistry, the moistening of a mixt Body in order to prepare it for some Operation, or for the more easy drawing out of its best or finest Parts. c. Pathology. (See quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > excess fluid in tissue > dropsy water sicknessOE dropsyc1290 hydropsyc1380 hyposarca1398 hydropsc1480 water spring1525 leucophlegmacy1657 litherness1727 hydrothorax1793 hydrometra1811 humectation1886 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Humectation,.. The term has been applied in the same sense as œdema or serous infiltration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > [noun] meltingeOE humectation1477 liquefaction1477 colliquation1601 eliquation1603 dissolutiona1616 liquation1617 resolution1644 diffluence1673 uncurdling1673 flux1684 fluxion1731 fluidification1837 liquescence1875 fluidization1932 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy vi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 95 Vessells broade for Humectation. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 67 Humectation..is the concretion of a vapour into water, or liquefaction of a solid body, as Metall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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