hygroscopic

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Adjective

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French hygroscopique

Adjective[edit]

hygroscopic (comparative more hygroscopic, superlative most hygroscopic)

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

Translations[edit]

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 m
Portuguese: higroscópico (pt)
Romanian: higroscopic (ro) m, n
Russian: гигроскопи́чный (ru) m (gigroskopíčnyj)
Spanish: higroscópico (es)

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Antonyms[edit]

anhygroscopic

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