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hygroscopicity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being hygroscopic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

The degree to which a substance is hygroscopic.

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Usage: countable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hygroscopic Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English hygroscopicity From hygroscopic + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸濕性 /吸湿性 (xīshīxìng) — the state of being hygroscopic
  • French: hygroscopicité — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Italian: igroscopicità — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Japanese: 吸湿性 (kyūshitsusei) — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Kazakh: ылғалданғыштық (ylğaldanğyştyq) — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Korean: 흡습성 (heupseupseong) — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Polish: higroskopijność — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Romanian: higroscopicitate — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Russian: гигроскопи́чность (gigroskopíčnostʹ) — the state of being hygroscopic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸濕性 /吸湿性 (xīshīxìng) — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • French: hygroscopicité — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Irish: tais-scópacht — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Italian: igroscopicità — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Japanese: 吸湿性 (kyūshitsusei) — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Kazakh: ылғалданғыштық (ylğaldanğyştyq) — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Korean: 흡습성 (heupseupseong) — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Polish: higroskopijność — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic
  • Romanian: higroscopicitate — the degree to which a substance is hygroscopic