Meanings
noundeliquescence (countable and uncountable, plural deliquescences)
plural deliquescences
- countableuncountableThe condition of being deliquescent.
- countableuncountableThe action or process of deliquescing (becoming liquid by absorbing water).
“The rococo is the final deliquescence of the baroque,” he said, as if he really couldn’t be plainer.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Catalan deliqüescència
- deliqüescènciacondition of being deliquescent
Chinese Mandarin 潮解
- 潮解 (cháojiě)condition of being deliquescent
French déliquescence
- déliquescencecondition of being deliquescent
Italian deliquescenza
- deliquescenzacondition of being deliquescent
Portuguese deliquescência
- deliquescênciacondition of being deliquescent
Tagalog tagitubig
- tagitubigcondition of being deliquescent
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deliquescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deliquescence
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“deliquescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deliquescence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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