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Hygroscope
Hygroscope Hy"gro*scope, n. [Gr. ? wet + -scope: cf. F.
hygroscope.] (Physics)
An instrument which shows whether there is more or less
moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
Hygroscopic
Hygroscopic Hy`gro*scop"ic, a. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not
readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection
by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film
of hygroscopic moisture.
2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the
atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of
moisture, as glass, etc.
Hygroscopicity
Hygroscopicity Hy`gro*sco*pic"i*ty, n. (Bot.)
The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or
discharging moisture according to circumstances.
HygrostaticsHygrostatics Hy`gro*stat"ics, n. [Gr. ? wet + ?. See
Statics.]
The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of
moisture. --Evelyn.
Meaning of Hygros from wikipedia
- iNaturalist: 157630 ITIS: 34419 NCBI: 23945
Paleobiology Database: 455917 PLANTS:
HYGRO POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30016608-2 WFO: wfo-4000018591...
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Hygrophila corymbosa,
commonly known as
temple plant,
starhorn or
giant hygro, is a
riparian plant in the
acanthus family.
Synonyms -
Nomaphila corymbosa...
- The word
liquid seems to be a
calque of the
Ancient Gr**** word ὑγρός (
hygrós, transl. moist),
initially used by
grammarian Dionysius Thrax to describe...
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whole plant remains under water) Terrestro-halines (terrestrial plants)
Hygro-halophytes (grow on
swamp lands)
Mesohalophytes (grow on non-swamp, non-dry...
- A
hygrophyte (Gr****
hygros = wet +
phyton = plant) is a
plant that
inhabits moist areas and is
intolerant of dry conditions. The
species may
inhabit wet...
- biomimetics. The word
hygroscopy (/haɪˈɡrɒskəpi/) uses
combining forms of
hygro- (for
moisture or humidity) and -scopy.
Unlike any
other -scopy word, it...
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specific epithet (hygrophila) is said to be
derived from the
Ancient Gr****
hygros meaning "water" and
phelos meaning "love",
referring to the
habitat preference...
- Guinea,
Gustavo V.; Pérez-Rigueiro, José; Elices,
Manuel (2006). "Thermo-
hygro-mechanical
behavior of
spider dragline silk: Gl****y and
rubbery states"...
- in the
dehiscence zone and the
tensions established by the
differential hygro-responsive
properties of the
drying cells.
Poppy fruit showing poricidal...
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Wernher gave the
first case
report of a
cystic hygroma, from the Gr**** "
hygro-"
meaning fluid and "oma"
meaning tumor. In 1965, Bill and
Summer proposed...
