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The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
higroscòpia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Chinese Mandarin:
吸濕性 /吸湿性
(xīshīxìng)
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Czech:
hygroskopie
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Czech:
hygroskopicita
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Czech:
hygroskopičnost
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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French:
hygroscopie
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Galician:
higroscopia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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German:
Hygroskopie
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Hungarian:
higroszkóposság
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Irish:
tais-scópacht
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Italian:
igroscopia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Japanese:
吸湿性
(kyūshitsusei)
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Kazakh:
ылғалданғыштық
(ylğaldanğyştyq)
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Polish:
higroskopijność
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Portuguese:
higroscopia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Russian:
гигроскопи́чность
(gigroskopíčnostʹ)
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Slovak:
hygroskopia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Slovak:
hygroskopicita
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Slovak:
hygroskopickosť
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Spanish:
higroscopia
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water
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Tagalog:
paghulas
— ability of a substance to attract and hold water