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hygroscopic

Adjective

hy=gro=scop=ic

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hygroscopic(s = adj.all) Array - absorbing moisture (as from the air); Array

Derived form noun hygroscope₁

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]

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

Derivative

hygroscopically adv.

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