efflorescence
Significat (Anglès)
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The production of flowers.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- (countable, uncountable) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/
Etimologia (Anglès)
Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.
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