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Definition of Efflorescent
1. Adjective. Bursting into flower. "Flowering spring trees"
Definition of Efflorescent
1. a. That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
Definition of Efflorescent
1. Adjective. bursting into flower ¹
2. Adjective. growing at a rapid rate; flourishing. ¹
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Definition of Efflorescent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Efflorescent
1. Denoting a crystalline body that gradually changes to a powder by losing its water of crystallization on exposure to a dry atmosphere. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Efflorescent
Literary usage of Efflorescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"It is extremely remarkable, however, that the efflorescent kreatinin is obtained
... Condition of the Two Molecules of Water in the efflorescent Kreatinin. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Not efflorescent. Quite difficultly sol. in H2O. (Kehrmann.) Very efflorescent.
Sol. in H2O; insol. in alcohol. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The filtrate yields, on cooling, laminar efflorescent crystals containing 3 at.
water. (Will.) C'H'. ..."
4. A Treatise on Mineralogy by Charles Upham Shepard (1857)
"Section B. efflorescent. Sp. 1. CARB-AMMONITE, (S.) Bi Carb-Ammonia. [H.= 1*5.
G.= T-15 ... 1*5. Xls. with two brilliant cleavages, giving an angle of 112°. ..."
5. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"... transparent, efflorescent crystals, which are very soluble in water and in
alcohol. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Serrant. ..."
6. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1898)
"... until the substance is deposited, it will again appear in the form of blue
crystals. efflorescent SALTS. Experiment 58.—Select a few crystals of sodium ..."
7. Introduction to General Science: With Experiments by Percy Elliott Rowell (1911)
"HYDROSCOPIC AND efflorescent SALTS When salts are crystallized out of a water
solution, they contain a certain amount of water, by virtue of which they are ..."
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