deliquescence

[ del-i-kwes-uhns ]

noun

1. the act or process of deliquescing.
2. the substance produced when something deliquesces.

deliquescence

/ ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛsəns /

noun

1. the process of deliquescing
2. a solution formed when a solid or liquid deliquesces

Derived Forms

• ˌdeliˈquescent, adjective

Other Words From

• deli·quescent adjective
• nondel·i·quescence noun
• nondel·i·quescent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deliquescence¹

First recorded in 1750–60; deliquesce + -ence

Example Sentences

The movement is peak McGregor: Bodies curving and winding, morphing between defined shapes and liquid deliquescence; legs extending with gasp-inducing flexibility.

From New York Times

However, according to Edgard Rivera-Valentin, it would be difficult for salts near the surface to absorb water vapor from Mars’s atmosphere to make the brine in the first place—a process known as deliquescence.

From Scientific American

Rivera-Valentin, a planetary scientist at the Texas-based Lunar and Planetary Institute who was not part of the study, says deliquescence is challenging even at the planet’s poles.

From Scientific American

They’ve been prized for the very qualities that make some people shudder: their crunch, chewiness and final deliquescence on the tongue.

From New York Times

“Picasso 1932” is as much her show as his, and the young Frenchwoman, lithe, athletic, untroubled, appears again and again in uncanny states of bodily deliquescence.

From New York Times

Related Words

• inactivity
• inertia
• passivity
• stagnation