hygroscopy

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French hygroscopie

Noun

hygroscopy (uncountable)

1. The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.

Related terms

• hygroscopic

Translations

ability of a substance to attract and hold water

• French: hygroscopie (fr) f
• German: Hygroskopie (de) f
• Irish: tais-scópacht f
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• Polish: higroskopijność (pl) f
• Russian: гигроскопи́чность (ru) f (gigroskopíčnostʹ)
• Tagalog: paghulas