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Look up: Hygroscopic


  1. Hygroscopic
    Having a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapour.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. hygroscopic
    [adj] - absorbing moisture (as from the air)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=hygroscopic

  3. Hygroscopic
    Able to absorb moisture from air. For example, sodium hydroxide pellets are so hygroscopic that they dissolve in the water they absorb from the air. See also: Air, Water.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/h/y/hygroscopic/source.html

  4. hygroscopic
    Able to absorb moisture from air. For example, sodium hydroxide pellets are so hygroscopic that they dissolve in the water they absorb from the air.
    Found op http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary/h.shtml

  5. Hygroscopic
    Capacity to absorb water.
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/891-Hygroscopic

  6. hygroscopic
    (1) Possessing a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapor; applied to condensation nuclei composed of salts that yield aqueous solutions of a very low equilibrium vapor pressure compared with that of pure water at the same temperature. (2) Pertaining to a substance whose physical...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20742

  7. Hygroscopic
    Tending to absorb water vapor.
    Found op http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowmeter_technical_glossary/flowmeter_te

  8. Hygroscopic
    Hy`gro·scop'ic adjective [ Confer French hygroscopique .] 1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/79

  9. hygroscopic
    Pertaining to tissue or substance that is sensitive to water orwater vapor. ... Pertaining to a substance that accelerates the condensation of water vapor. ... Pertaining to water that iselectrostatically bound to the surface of dirt particles and is thereforeunavailable to plants. ... (09 Oct 1997)...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hygroscopic

  10. hygroscopic
    adjective absorbing moisture (as from the air)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hygroscopic



  1. hygroscopic
    (hi″gro-skop´ik) readily absorbing moisture.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  2. Hygroscopic
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. • (a.) Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of th...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hygroscopic/

  3. hygroscopic
    hygroscopic 1. Capable of absorbing, or sensitive to, water from moist air. 2. Relating to a compound that easily absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1013/3

  4. Hygroscopic
    Substances that have the ability to absorb water and therefore accelerate the condensation process.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/h.html

  5. hygroscopic
    Changes its moisture content to be in equilibrium with the atmosphere
    Found op http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/view_glossarylist.html?term=h

  6. hygroscopic
    (1) Possessing a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapor; applied to condensation nuclei composed of salts that yield aqueous solutions of a very low equilibrium vapor pressure compared with that of pure water at the same temperature. (2) Pertaining to a substance whose physical...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21115

  7. hygroscopic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′grō-skop′ik Definitions: 1. Denoting a substance capable of readily absorbing and retaining moisture, NaOH, CaCl2.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=42147

  8. HYGROSCOPIC
    Absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
    Found op http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html

  9. HYGROSCOPIC
    Absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
    Found op http://www.rexart.com/glossary.html

  10. hygroscopic
    1) Absorbent 2) Absorptive
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hygroscopic/1

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