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Antonyms for deliquescence


Grammar : Noun
Spell : del-i-kwes-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛl ɪˈkwɛs əns



Definition of deliquescence

  • As in inaction : noun state of doing nothing
  • As in condensation : noun water buildup
Example sentences :
  • Now it is the deliquescence of formal verse that is to be feared.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • At length, we arrived at the spot, but in a state of deliquescence and exhaustion not to be described.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various
  • Helpless, boneless, and jelly-like, old age had overtaken her with a mild form of deliquescence.
  • Extract from : « On the Frontier » by Bret Harte
  • Deliquescence and later migration of the more soluble nitrates resulted in their accumulation around the edges of the basins.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • It was the preliminary dwarfing and deliquescence of the mature old beside the embryonic mass of the new.
  • Extract from : « Anticipations » by Herbert George Wells
  • In many the attractive forms would be considered objects of beauty, were it not for their deliquescence, and often fœtid odour.
  • Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
  • The whole thing is part, one may suppose, of the deliquescence of the Puritan tradition in morals, and will probably not endure.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • Most other metallic chlorates are barred from practical employment owing to instability, deliquescence or other property.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 » by Various
  • With Henri Matisse we have not to deplore the deliquescence of a great talent, for we have no reason to suppose he ever had any.
  • Extract from : « Artist and Public » by Kenyon Cox
  • This genus can be readily recognized from the black spores and from the deliquescence of the gills and cap into an inky substance.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Synonyms for deliquescence

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