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hygroscopic

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Adjective
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hy=gro=scop=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

hygroscopica. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hygroscopic, adj.
1 of the hygroscope.
2 (of a substance) tending to absorb moisture from the air.

Derivative
hygroscopically adv.

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