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effloresce
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Definitions of effloresce in various dictionaries:
verb - come into or as if into flower
verb - assume crystalline form
verb - become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
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Blossom out, writing notes about Indonesian island |
(Of salts) crystallise on the surface of brickwork |
Blossom feels force in wind |
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Feb 4 2016 The Times - Cryptic |
Mar 25 2004 The Times - Concise |
Sep 7 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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(of a substance) lose moisture and turn to a fine powder on exposure to air. |
Reach an optimum stage of development. |
To blossom bloom. |
Chemistry To become a powder by losing water of crystallization, as when a hydrated crystal is exposed to air. |
Chemistry To become covered with a powdery deposit. |
become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation |
burst forth into or as if into flower |
assume crystalline form become crystallized |
Effloresce might refer to |
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In chemistry, Efflorescence (which means "to flower out" in French) is the migration of a salt to the surface of a porous material, where it forms a coating. The essential process involves the dissolving of an internally held salt in water, or occasionally in another solvent. The water, with the salt now held in solution, migrates to the surface, then evaporates, leaving a coating of the salt. * In what has been described as "primary efflorescence," the water is the invader and the salt was already present internally. Some people describe a reverse process, where the salt is originally present externally and is then carried inside in solution, as "secondary efflorescence." However, others would give this latter phenomenon another name entirely. * Efflorescences can occur in natural and built environments. On porous construction materials it may present a cosmetic outer problem only (primary efflorescence causing staining), but can sometimes indicate internal structural weakness (migration/ |