Definitions for efflorescenceˌɛf ləˈrɛs əns
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ef•flo•res•cenceˌɛf ləˈrɛs əns(n.)
the state or a period of flowering.
Category: Botany
an example or result of growth and development.
the act or process of efflorescing. the resulting powdery substance or incrustation.
Category: Chemistry
a rash or eruption of the skin.
Category: Pathology
Origin of efflorescence:
1620–30; < F < ML
ef`flo•res′cent(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush(noun)
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash(noun)
any red eruption of the skin
blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence(noun)
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence, bloom(noun)
a powdery deposit on a surface
Wiktionary
efflorescence(Noun)
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.
efflorescence(Noun)
The production of flowers.
efflorescence(Noun)
(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.
efflorescence(Noun)
An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
efflorescence(Noun)
(metaphorical) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
efflorescence(Noun)
A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
Origin: Latin efflorescere - ex, out, florescere, to blossom
Webster Dictionary
Efflorescence(noun)
flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth
Efflorescence(noun)
a redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc
Efflorescence(noun)
the formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc
Efflorescence(noun)
the powder or crust thus formed
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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