deliquesce
[,deli'kwes]
vi. 溶, 液, 潮解

[医] 潮解



deliquesce
[ verb ]

1. melt away in the process of decay

<verb.change>
The fungi eventually deliquesced

2. melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

<verb.change>
this type of salt deliquesces easily

Deliquesce \Del`i*quesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deliquesced};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Deliquescing}.] [L. deliquescere to melt,
dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere
to be fluid. See {Liquid}.] (Chem.)
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and
absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and
alkalies.

In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce.
--Black.