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Meaning: Dryness resulting from the removal of water Classified under: Nouns denoting stable states of affairs Synonyms: dehydration; desiccation Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...): dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Meaning: The process of extracting moisture Classified under: Nouns denoting natural processes Synonyms: drying up; desiccation; evaporation; dehydration Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...): extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desiccation"): freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes) inspissation (the process of thickening by dehydration) Holonyms ("desiccation" is a part of...): plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened) "Too many chiefs and not enough indians." (English proverb) "In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot." (Bhutanese proverb) "When the fox can't reach the grape, says it's unripe." (Armenian proverb) "New brooms sweep clean" (Dutch proverb)
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