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Efflorescence - What does it mean?

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has no English definition.

As a noun efflorescence

is the formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

efflorescence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
  • (botany) The production of flowers.
  • (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
  • (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
  • (metaphorical ) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
  • (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
  • Derived terms

    * effloresce * efflorescent

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