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deliquescence

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deliquescence /del·i·ques·cence/ (del″ĭ-kwes´ens) dampness or liquefaction from the absorption of water from air.deliques´cent
del·i·ques·cence (dl-kwsns)
n.
The process of dissolving or of becoming liquid through the absorption of moisture from the atmosphere.
deliquescence
the condition of becoming moist or liquified as a result of absorption of water from the air.


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The title's "passing" as a metaphor for the fluctuation and eventual deliquescence of Grandison's feelings towards Colonel Owens euphemizes the cheerful self-slaughter of the prodigal slave (indeed, the colonel "kill[s] the fatted calf" for him) and replaces him with a resolute freedman.
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Debt collectors by Pontegnie, Anne / Artforum International
In Finishing Room (cheese), 1999, Peterman used a greenhouse--which in its very name refers to what is potentially the greatest ecological catastrophe of our time--to store a local artisan's organic goat cheese far beyond its natural aging process, producing a predictably strong odor and the deliquescence of the cheese.
Dan Peterman: Kunstverein Hannover/Helga Maria Klosterfelde. ... by Montmann, Nina / Artforum International
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