Word Study
hygroscopic
CIDE DICTIONARY
hygroscopic, a. [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.
1 of the hygroscope.
2 (of a substance) tending to absorb moisture from the air.
Derivative
hygroscopically adv.
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