Definition of Deliqoesce
Del`i*quesce" (?), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Deliquesced (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt,
dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr.
liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.)
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and
absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and
alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites
deliquesce. Black.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to melt and disappear
- (chemistry) to become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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