"desiccation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desiccation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: desiccations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|dessiccation}} Middle French dessiccation, {{der|en|LL.|desiccatio|desiccatio, desiccationem}} Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, {{der|en|la|desicco}} Latin desicco Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} desiccation (countable and uncountable, plural desiccations)
  1. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated Tags: uncountable Translations (The state or process of being desiccated): 乾燥 (Chinese Mandarin), 干燥 (gānzào) (Chinese Mandarin), kuivuminen (Finnish), dessiccation [feminine] (French), Trocknung [feminine] (German), triomú [masculine] (Irish), essiccamento [masculine] (Italian), essiccazione [feminine] (Italian), 乾燥 (kansō) (alt: かんそう) (Japanese), кептіру (keptıru) (Kazakh), 건조 (geonjo) (alt: 乾燥) (Korean), dessicacion [feminine] (Occitan), су́шка (súška) [feminine] (Russian), высыхание (vysyxanije) [neuter] (Russian), desikasyon (Turkish), kuruma (Turkish), kurulanma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-desiccation-en-noun-wnxjOnlP Disambiguation of 'The state or process of being desiccated': 98 2
  2. An act or occurrence of desiccating Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-desiccation-en-noun-du5eVImT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demoisturization [rare], demoisturisation [rare] Derived forms: desiccational, electrodesiccation Related terms: desiccant, desiccate, desiccator

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