Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Deliquescent
Delˊi-ques′cent
,Adj.
[L.
deliquescens
, -entis
, p. pr. of deliquescere
: cf. F. déliquescent
.] 1.
Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid;
as,
. deliquescent
salts2.
(Bot.)
Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
Gray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deliquescent
DELIQUESCENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
deliquescent
deliquescent
See also: déliquescent
English
Adjective
deliquescent (comparative more deliquescent, superlative most deliquescent)
- (chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
- deliquescent salts
- (botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
- melting; disappearing; seeming to deliquesce.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
- Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
Translations
chemistry
|
|
botany