noun
Meaning 1
The state or process of being desiccated
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
desiccation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: D EH2 S AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An act or occurrence of desiccating
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the process of extracting moisture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extraction
Narrower terms: freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, inspissation
noun
Meaning 4
dryness resulting from the removal of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dehydration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: dessecació — The state or process of being desiccated
- Chinese Mandarin: 乾燥 /干燥 (gānzào) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Finnish: kuivuminen — The state or process of being desiccated
- French: dessiccation — The state or process of being desiccated
- German: Trocknung — The state or process of being desiccated
- Hindi: शुष्कन (śuṣkan) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Irish: triomú — The state or process of being desiccated
- Italian: essiccamento — The state or process of being desiccated
- Italian: essiccazione — The state or process of being desiccated
- Japanese: 乾燥 (kansō) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Kazakh: кептіру (keptıru) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Korean: 건조 (geonjo) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Occitan: dessicacion — The state or process of being desiccated
- Russian: су́шка (súška) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Russian: высыхание (vysyxanije) — The state or process of being desiccated
- Turkish: desikasyon — The state or process of being desiccated
- Turkish: kuruma — The state or process of being desiccated
- Turkish: kurulanma — The state or process of being desiccated
Real reading context