hygroscopic

English

Etymology

hygro- + -scopic

Adjective

hygroscopic (comparative more hygroscopic, superlative most hygroscopic)

1. (physics, chemistry) Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.

Translations

readily taking up and retaining water

• Czech: hygroskopický (cs) m
• Finnish: hygroskooppinen (fi)
• French: hygroscopique (fr)
• German: hygroskop (de)
• Icelandic: ídrægur (is) m
• Irish: tais-scópach (ga)

• Italian: igroscopico (it)
• Polish: higroskopijny (pl) m
• Portuguese: higroscópico (pt)
• Romanian: higroscopic (ro) m and n
• Russian: гигроскопи́чный (ru) (gigroskopíčnyj) m
• Spanish: higroscópico (es)

Related terms

• hygroscopy
• hygroscopicity
• hygroscope
• hygroscopically

Antonyms

• anhygroscopic