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hygroscopic /hy·gro·scop·ic/ (hi?gro-skop´ik) readily absorbing moisture.
hygroscopic (hī´grōskop´ik), adj having the property of absorbing moisture. When applied to gypsum products in contact with free water during their set, the resultant expansion is implied. See also expansion, hygroscopic. hygroscopic investment, n See investment, hygroscopic. hygroscopic readily absorbing moisture. |
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Other problems have been experienced with encrusted flux-plunging bells that had picked up moisture hygroscopically and exploded upon immersion. |
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