hygroscopicity

Noun

Meaning

The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hygroscopic straight-cut water-absorbing moisture-absorbing non-hygroscopic

Examples

Hygroscopicity is used as a measure of a material's moisture-absorbing tendencies. Source: Internet

Hygroscopicity and water resistance The introduction of water into an explosive is highly undesirable since it reduces the sensitivity, strength, and velocity of detonation of the explosive. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hygroscopic hygroscopical hygroscopically hygroscopy hygrosensation hygrosensillum