Definition of Efflarescence
Ef`flo*res"cence (?), n. [F.
efflorescence.] 1. (Bot.)
Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers;
blowth.
2. (Med.) A redness of the skin;
eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
3. (Chem.) (a) The
formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of
efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b)
The powder or crust thus formed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Chemistry) - the formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
- (Botany) - production of flowers.
- (metaphorical) - rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- (Pathology) - a redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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