hygroscopic

English

Etymology

From French hygroscopique

Adjective

hygroscopic (comparative more hygroscopic, superlative most hygroscopic)

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

Antonyms

• anhygroscopic

Related terms

• hygroscopy
• hygroscopicity
• hygroscope
• hygroscopically

Translations

readily taking up and retaining water

• Czech: hygroskopický m
• Finnish: hygroskooppinen (fi)
• French: hygroscopique (fr)
• German: hygroskop
• Icelandic: ídrægur m
• Irish: tais-scópach
• Italian: igroscopico (it)

• Polish: higroskopijny (pl) m
• Portuguese: higroscópico (pt)
• Romanian: higroscopic (ro) m or n
• Russian: гигроскопи́чный (ru) m (gigroskopíčnyj)
• Spanish: higroscópico (es)
• Tagalog: hulasin