Usually means: Absorbs moisture from the air.
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We found 47 dictionaries that define the word hygroscopic:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. hygroscopic: Merriam-Webster
  2. hygroscopic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hygroscopic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hygroscopic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hygroscopic: Vocabulary.com
  6. hygroscopic: Wordnik
  7. hygroscopic: Wiktionary
  8. hygroscopic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hygroscopic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hygroscopic: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hygroscopic: Dictionary.com
  12. Hygroscopic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hygroscopic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hygroscopic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. hygroscopic: Rhymezone
  16. Hygroscopic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hygroscopic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. hygroscopic: FreeDictionary.org
  19. hygroscopic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. hygroscopic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hygroscopic: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Hygroscopic: Health & Beauty Glossary
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  4. HYGROSCOPIC: Glossary of Art Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hygroscopic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hygroscopic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. hygroscopic: Medical dictionary

Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Hygroscopic: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  4. Bryological (No longer online)
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  6. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  7. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  8. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  5. Hygroscopic: Beauty & Health Glossary
  6. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  7. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  9. HYGROSCOPIC: Power Engineering

(Note: See hygroscopicity as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hygroscopic)

adjective:  (physical chemistry, botany) Readily taking up and retaining water, especially from the atmosphere.

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