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

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Définition of deliquescent

Origin :
  • 1791, in chemistry, from Latin deliquescentem (nominative deliquescens), present participle of deliquescere (see deliquesce). General use dates from 1866. Related: Deliquescence.
  • As in liquid : adj fluid, flowing, melting
Example sentences :
  • When it is soon lost in the division, as in Fig. 4, it is said to be deliquescent.
  • Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar
  • It occurs as a red, crystalline, fusible, deliquescent powder.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Medicinal or impure emetia is brownish, red, deliquescent, and emetic in doses of 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 gr.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Deliquescent, branching off so that the stem is lost in the branches, 32.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • The potash salt crystallizes in quadrilateral prisms, needles or plates, and is not deliquescent.
  • Extract from : « Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 » by Various
  • The crystals of this salt, which are obtained with difficulty, are right rhombic prisms, and are deliquescent.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Indeed, such a process is probably already in operation, amidst the deliquescent social mass.
  • Extract from : « Anticipations » by Herbert George Wells
  • The bicarbonate is in colourless prisms, which have a saline, feebly alkaline taste, and are not deliquescent.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology » by W. G. Aitchison Robertson
  • This is called a deliquescent stem (Lat., deliquescere, to melt away).
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • A white, opaque, deliquescent body, very soluble in water and alcohol.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

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