humectationn.
/hjuːmɛkˈteɪʃən/ 1.
a. The action or process of moistening or wetting; irrigation; the condition of being moistened or wet.
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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.)
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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