desiccation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desiccation (countable and uncountable, plural desiccations)

1. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
2. An act or occurrence of desiccating
   • 1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology‎^[1], volume 5, number 3:

     The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.

Synonyms

• demoisturization/demoisturisation (rare)

Derived terms

• desiccational
• electrodesiccation

Related terms

• desiccant
• desiccate
• desiccator

Translations

The state or process of being desiccated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乾燥／干燥 (zh) (gānzào)

• Finnish: kuivuminen (fi)
• French: dessiccation (fr) f
• German: Trocknung (de) f
• Hindi: शुष्कन (śuṣkan)
• Irish: triomú m
• Italian: essiccamento (it) m, essiccazione (it) f
• Japanese: 乾燥 (ja) (かんそう, kansō)
• Kazakh: кептіру (keptıru)
• Korean: 건조(乾燥) (ko) (geonjo)
• Occitan: dessicacion f
• Russian: су́шка (ru) f (súška), высыхание (ru) n (vysyxanije)
• Turkish: desikasyon, kuruma (tr), kurulanma (tr)