adj
Meaning 1
Seeming to melt away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: melting, disappearing
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deliquescent
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/diˈlɪkwəsənt/
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rhymes with -ɛsənt
adj
Meaning 2
Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- deliquescent salts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1850, Asa Gray, The Botanical Text-Book, New York: Putnam, 3rd edition, rewritten and enlarged, Chapter 4, p. 102, In other cases, the main stem is arrested, sooner or later, either by flowering, by the failure of the terminal bud, or the more vigorous development of some of the lateral buds, and thus the trunk is lost in the branches, or is deliquescent, as in most of our deciduous-leaved trees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent. By surface analysis, deliquesce + -ent
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: deliqüescent — chemistry
- French: déliquescent — chemistry
- Spanish: deliquescente — chemistry
- Tagalog: tagitubigin — chemistry