deliquescence

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The movement is peak McGregor: Bodies curving and winding, morphing between defined shapes and liquid deliquescence; legs extending with gasp-inducing flexibility.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

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

This was done to see whether the increased amount of fluid on the leaves could be due to mere deliquescence; but this was proved not to be the case.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles