- (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.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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