hygroscopic

English

Etymology

From French hygroscopique

Adjective

hygroscopic (comparative more hygroscopic, superlative most hygroscopic)

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

Antonyms

anhygroscopic

Related terms

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

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