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Definitions for effloresce
ˌɛf ləˈrɛsef·flo·resce

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. effloresce, burst forthverb

    come into or as if into flower

    "These manifestations effloresced in the past"

  2. crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresceverb

    assume crystalline form; become crystallized

  3. effloresceverb

    become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation

Wiktionary

  1. effloresceverb

    To burst into bloom; to flower.

  2. effloresceverb

    To change from being crystalline to being powdery by losing water of crystallization.

  3. effloresceverb

    To become covered with powder.

Wikipedia

  1. Effloresce

    In chemistry, efflorescence (which means "to flower out" in French) is the migration of a salt to the surface of a porous material, where it forms a coating. The essential process involves the dissolving of an internally held salt in water, or occasionally in another solvent. The water, with the salt now held in solution, migrates to the surface, then evaporates, leaving a coating of the salt. In what has been described as "primary efflorescence", the water is the invader and the salt was already present internally, and a reverse process, where the salt is originally present externally and is then carried inside in solution, is referred to as "secondary efflorescence". Efflorescences can occur in natural and built environments. On porous construction materials it may present a cosmetic outer problem only (primary efflorescence causing staining), but can sometimes indicate internal structural weakness (migration/degradation of component materials). Efflorescence may clog the pores of porous materials, resulting in the destruction of those materials by internal water pressure, as seen in the spalling of brick.

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  1. effloresce

    Effloresce generally refers to the process or action by which a substance loses water or solvent as vapor, often as a result of crystallization or evaporation, causing a powdery deposit to form on its surface. In a broader or metaphorical sense, it can also mean to develop and mature in a gradual process, or to blossom and flourish.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Effloresceverb

    to blossom forth

  2. Effloresceverb

    to change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce

  3. Effloresceverb

    to become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere

  4. Etymology: [L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Effloresce

    ef-flo-res′, v.i. to blossom forth: (chem.) to become covered with a white dust: to form minute crystals.—ns. Efflores′cence, Efflores′cency, production of flowers: the time of flowering: a redness of the skin: the formation of a white powder on the surface of bodies, or of minute crystals.—adj. Efflores′cent, forming a white dust on the surface: shooting into white threads. [L. efflorescĕreex, out, florescĕre, to blossom—flos, floris, a flower.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of effloresce in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of effloresce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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