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anhygroscopic

anhygroscopic adjective: (of a substance) Tending to remain dry or anhydrous.

Adjective

anhygroscopic (comparative more anhygroscopic, superlative most anhygroscopic)

  1. (physical) (of a substance) Tending to remain dry or anhydrous.

Antonyms of anhygroscopic

Forms of anhygroscopic

comparativemore anhygroscopic
superlativemost anhygroscopic

Origin of anhygroscopic

From an- + hygroscopic.

Questions about anhygroscopic

What does anhygroscopic mean?
Anhygroscopic means (of a substance) Tending to remain dry or anhydrous.
What part of speech is anhygroscopic?
Anhygroscopic is an adjective.

Words near anhygroscopic in the dictionary

  1. anhydrous
  2. anhydrous lime
  3. anhydrousness
  4. anhydrovinblastine
  5. anhydrovinblastines
  6. anhygroscopic
  7. anhypostasia
  8. anhypostasis
  9. anhypostatic
  10. anhysteretic
  11. anhyzer

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