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deliquescence

[del-i-kwes-uhns] / ˌdɛl ɪˈkwɛs əns /




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They’ve been prized for the very qualities that make some people shudder: their crunch, chewiness and final deliquescence on the tongue.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2018

If this is related to deliquescence from the atmosphere, we should see a difference in brightness and darkness, with time of day.

From Science Magazine Nov. 22, 2017

The process, known as deliquescence, is seen in the Atacama desert, where the resulting damp patches are the only known place for microbes to live.

From The Guardian Sep. 28, 2015

It was an industry in a state of deliquescence, and Varda saw rightly that, if Hollywood were to become solid again, it would do so in open acknowledgment of and confrontation with its own past.

From The New Yorker Apr. 17, 2015

As a matter of fact, the age of adolescence is just as much of a dangerous age as the age of deliquescence.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.




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