Hygroscopic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hygroscopic \Hy`gro*scop"ic\, a. [Cf. F. hygroscopique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not
        readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection
        by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film
        of hygroscopic moisture.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the
        atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of
        moisture, as glass, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hygroscopic
       adj : absorbing moisture (as from the air)