Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Liquefaction by absorption of moisture from the atmosphere (a property of certain salts and other bodies); a melting away or dissolving.
Wiktionary
- n. The condition of being deliquescent
- n. The action of deliquescing
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
Examples
“Researchers found the most common types of vitamin C used in vitamin supplements and other fortified products are prone to a process called deliquescence, in which humidity causes a water-soluble substance to dissolve.”
“Here Cheng pushes her art well beyond the iconography and artifacts of visually identifiable religions, and she does so with a lyrical deliquescence of the specific signage of faiths into swirling, largely abstract but also organic mandalas that approach the painted frenzy and metaphysical idealism, if not the visual and compositional dissonance, of Kandinsky.”
The Huffington Post: G. Roger Denson: In Taipei and Hong Kong, Emily Cheng Bridges Science and Faith
“The young hero has an inauspicious beginning, turns it to his benefit through pluck and luck, then begins the cursus honorum of the sea: sailor, midshipman, lieutenant, captain, admiral, commemorative 30th-anniversary boxed set, remainder pile, deliquescence.”
The Wall Street Journal: At Journey's End, a Ship of the Line
“Interesting although the actual timing of deliquescence does vary considerably!”
“It's hard to play total psychic deliquescence, but Turner does just that.”
“Yet out of this dereliction, little more than a decade later, rose the shining edifices and refurbished warehouses of the area known as Docklands, confirming that pattern of deliquescence and revival which is at the center of London's commercial life.”
“The one I bought two weeks ago was starting to show signs, here and there, of deliquescence, so it was time to use the good parts or toss the whole thing.”
“You can take it light or you can take it heavy, but the sheer deliquescence of the McCain campaign in the closing days has been something to pity as well as something to despise.”
“One of the many pleasant knock-on effects of SCO's deliquescence has been some long-overdue crow-eating by high-profile critics of the open source position during that saga.”
“Over 25 solid electrolytes can form during the equilibrium calculation within each size bin, depending on deliquescence and crystallization relative humidities.”
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