exsiccation

exsiccation englanniksi

1. The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.

2. 1658, (w), ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'', London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971:

That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.

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