hygroscopy

English

Etymology

From French hygroscopie.

Noun

hygroscopy (uncountable)

1. The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.

Related terms

• hygroscopic

Translations

ability of a substance to attract and hold water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸濕性／吸湿性 (zh) (xīshīxìng)

• French: hygroscopie (fr) f
• German: Hygroskopie (de) f
• Hungarian: higroszkóposság
• Irish: tais-scópacht f
• Italian: igroscopia (it) f
• Japanese: 吸湿性 (きゅうしつせい, kyūshitsusei)
• Kazakh: ылғалданғыштық (ylğaldanğyştyq)
• Polish: higroskopijność (pl) f
• Portuguese: higroscopia (pt) f
• Russian: гигроскопи́чность (ru) f (gigroskopíčnostʹ)
• Tagalog: paghulas