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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Humectationnoun
The act of wetting; moistening.
Etymology: humectation, Fr. from humectate.
Plates of brass, applied to a blow, will keep it down from swelling: the cause is repercussion, without humectation, or entrance of any body. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
That which is concreted by exsiccation, or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectation, as earth and clay. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Webster Dictionary
Humectationnoun
a moistening
Etymology: [L. humectatio: cf. F. humectation.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of humectation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of humectation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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