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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

déliquescence

The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Noun.

Spontaneous liquefaction in the air; a gradual melting or becoming liquid by absorption of water from the atmosphere.

See also: deliquescence

déliquescence f ‎(plural déliquescences)