exsiccation
Noun

exsiccation

  1. The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Brown, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971 ↗
      That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.
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