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del·i·quesce D0112800 (dĕl′ĭ-kwĕs′)intr.v. del·i·quesced, del·i·quesc·ing, del·i·quesc·es 1. a. To melt away.b. To disappear as if by melting.2. Chemistry To dissolve and become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.3. Botany a. To become fluid or soft on maturing, as certain fungal structures.b. To branch out into numerous subdivisions that lack a main axis, as the trunk of an elm.
[Latin dēliquēscere : dē-, de- + liquēscere, to melt, inchoative of liquēre, to be liquid.]
del′i·ques′cence n.del′i·ques′cent adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | deliquescent - (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the airhydrophilic - having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water |
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del·i·ques·cent (del'i-kwes'ent), Denoting a solid capable of deliquescence.deliquescence (dĕ″lĭ-kwĕs′ĕns) The process of becoming liquefied or moist by absorbing of water from the air. Ordinary table salt has this property. deliquescent, adjectivedeliquescent Having the property of taking up water from the atmosphere in sufficient quantity to dissolve itself.deliquescent (of a substance) becoming liquid by dissolving in water absorbed from the surrounding atmosphere.deliquescentenUK
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