Definition of "hygroscopy" []

• The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Amongst the issues that could affect stevia material is hygroscopy."
• "After 2 h, when the viscosity of the honeydew was reduced through hygroscopy, approximately 0.5 µl honeydew was collected with 5 µl micropipettes (Blaubrand, intra Mark)."
• "Pure, water-free acetic acid (glacial acetic acid) is a colourless liquid that absorbs water from the environment (hygroscopy), and freezes at 16.7 °C"