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(1):

(a.) 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.

(2):

(a.) Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hygroscopic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hygroscopic.html. 1828.
 
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