desiccation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.
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Noun[edit]
desiccation (countable and uncountable, plural desiccations)
- (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
- An act or occurrence of desiccating
- 1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology[1], volume 5, number 3:
- The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.
Synonyms[edit]
- demoisturization/demoisturisation (rare)
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Translations[edit]
The state or process of being desiccated
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