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exsiccations

exsiccations is the plural of exsiccation.

Meaning of exsiccation

Noun

exsiccation (countable and uncountable, plural exsiccations)

  1. (archaic) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
    • That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971

Questions about exsiccations

What is exsiccations the plural of?
Exsiccations is the plural of exsiccation.

Words near exsiccations in the dictionary

  1. exsiccated
  2. exsiccates
  3. exsiccati
  4. exsiccating
  5. exsiccation
  6. exsiccations
  7. exsiccative
  8. exsiccatives
  9. exsiccator
  10. exsiccators
  11. exsiccatum

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