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Definition of Efflorescence

1. Noun. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

2. Noun. Any red eruption of the skin.

3. Noun. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

4. Noun. A powdery deposit on a surface.

Definition of Efflorescence

1. n. Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

Definition of Efflorescence

1. Noun. (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) The production of flowers. ¹

3. Noun. (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it. ¹

4. Noun. (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments. ¹

5. Noun. (''metaphorical'') Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc. ¹

6. Noun. (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Efflorescence

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Medical Definition of Efflorescence

1. 1. Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. 2. A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. 3. The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. The powder or crust thus formed. Origin: F. Efflorescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Efflorescence

effigiation effigiations effigies effigy effigylike effing and blinding efflagitate efflate efflation efflations

effleurage effleurages effloresce effloresced efflorescence (current term) efflorescences efflorescencies efflorescency efflorescent effloresces

efflorescing efflower effluence effluences effluencies effluency effluent effluents effluous

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