"effloresce : (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to..."
“effloresce : (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
(intransitive, chemistry) Senses relating to chemistry.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effloresce#English
via Tumblr https://ift.tt/3am0Jnk
(intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
(intransitive, chemistry) Senses relating to chemistry.
Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effloresce#English
via Tumblr https://ift.tt/3am0Jnk
posted by kreisky at 5:42 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home