hygroscopic
hygroscopic
Definition
hygro·scopic (hī′grō skäp′ik, -grə-)
adjective
- attracting or absorbing moisture from the air
- changed or altered by the absorption of moisture
- of or according to a hygroscope
hy′gro·scop′i·cally adverb
hy′gro·sco·pic′·ity (--skō pis′ə tē, --skə-) noun
hygroscopic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- property: Glycerol is generally deemed as drying to the mouth, possibly due to its hygroscopic properties ( Roth & Creason, 1986 ).
- salt: How many have undertaken tests for the presence of hygroscopic salts?
- material: On the other hand the traditional or natural house is without vapor barriers and uses hygroscopic materials.
- effect: Slip casting involves the pouring of liquid clay into the mold, again with the hygroscopic effect drawing the water out.
- awn: On pages 4 and 5 we describe a method for studying the remarkable hygroscopic awn of wild oat seeds.
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