HYGROSCOPIC


Meaning of HYGROSCOPIC in English

[hy.gro.scop.ic] adj [hygroscope, an instrument showing changes in humidity + [1]-ic; fr. the use of such materials in the hygroscope] (1790) 1: readily taking up and retaining moisture

2: taken up and retained under some conditions of humidity and temperature "~ water in clay" -- hy.gro.scop.ic.i.ty n

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