Exsiccation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture. archaic, countable, uncountable
"That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay."
Example
More examples"That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay."
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin exsiccatio, exsiccationis, from Latin exsicco: compare French exsiccation.
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