effloresce

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for effloresce

effloresce 🔊

effloresce : පූදිනවා

effloresce : කුඩු පිපෙනවා

effloresce : මල්හටගන්නවා

effloresce : ජලත්‍යාග කරනවා

effloresce definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To blossom forth.
  2. To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, Especially. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.
  3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.