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hygrosensitive

hygrosensitive adjective: detecting changes in the moisture content of the environment.

Adjective

hygrosensitive (comparative more hygrosensitive, superlative most hygrosensitive)

  1. Detecting changes in the moisture content of the environment.

Forms of hygrosensitive

comparativemore hygrosensitive
superlativemost hygrosensitive

Origin of hygrosensitive

From hygro- + sensitive.

Questions about hygrosensitive

What does hygrosensitive mean?
Hygrosensitive means detecting changes in the moisture content of the environment.
What part of speech is hygrosensitive?
Hygrosensitive is an adjective.

Words near hygrosensitive in the dictionary

  1. hygroscopicities
  2. hygroscopicity
  3. hygroscopy
  4. hygrosensation
  5. hygrosensillum
  6. hygrosensitive
  7. hygrosensory
  8. hygrostat
  9. hygrostatics
  10. hygrostats
  11. hygrotactic

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