What does efflorescence mean?
Definitions for efflorescence
ˌɛf ləˈrɛs ənsef·flo·res·cence
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Princeton's WordNet
flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flushnoun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rashnoun
any red eruption of the skin
blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescencenoun
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence, bloomnoun
a powdery deposit on a surface
Wiktionary
efflorescencenoun
The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
efflorescencenoun
The production of flowers.
efflorescencenoun
(construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
efflorescencenoun
An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
efflorescencenoun
(metaphorical) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
efflorescencenoun
A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
Etymology: Latin efflorescere - ex, out, florescere, to blossom
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Efflorescence, Efflorescencynoun
Etymology: effloresco, Latin.
Where there is less heat, there the spirit of the plant is digested, and severed from the grosser juice in efflorescence. Francis Bacon.
Two white sparry incrustations, with efflorescencies in form of shrubs, formed by the trickling of water. John Woodward.
A wart beginneth in the cutis, and seemeth to be an efflorescence of the serum of the blood. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Wikipedia
Efflorescence
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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efflorescence
Efflorescence is a crystalline deposit of salts, often seen as a white, powdery or fluffy substance, that can form on the surface of materials such as concrete, brick, and stone when water leaves behind salt deposits as it evaporates from the material. In a broader sense, efflorescence can also refer to the action or process of developing and unfolding, as if coming into flower.
Webster Dictionary
Efflorescencenoun
flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth
Efflorescencenoun
a redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc
Efflorescencenoun
the formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc
Efflorescencenoun
the powder or crust thus formed
Etymology: [F. efflorescence.]
Wikidata
Efflorescence
In chemistry, efflorescence is the loss of water of crystallization from a hydrated or solvated salt to the atmosphere on exposure to air. Efflorescences can occur in natural and built environments. On porous construction materials it may present a cosmetic problem only, but can sometimes indicate serious structural weakness.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Efflorescence
The appearance of a dry salt upon the walls of a vessel containing a solution above the normal water-line from evaporation of a liquid. It appears in battery jars and in battery carbons, in the latter interfering with the electrical connections, and oxidizing or rusting them. (See Creeping.)
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of efflorescence in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of efflorescence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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