HYGROSCOPICITY
\hˌa͡ɪɡɹəskəpˈɪsɪti], \hˌaɪɡɹəskəpˈɪsɪti], \h_ˌaɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ə_s_k_ə_p_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of HYGROSCOPICITY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
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The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.
By Oddity Software
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The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.
By Noah Webster.
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The quality or state of being wettable or the degree to which something can be wet. This is also the ability of any solid surface to be wetted when in contact with a liquid whose surface tension is reduced so that the liquid spreads over the surface of the solid.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).