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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsEngineers, chemists, lend me your expertise. I heard a word today,
it's an adjective, "hydro--something." It means that a substance soaks up water.
Looked in dictionary but I couldn't find it. The man was saying that wool soaks up water.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Oops, misspelled: HyGroscopic.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Absorbs moisture from the surrounding environment.
lapucelle
(18,308 posts)(You could have followed your avatar's lead and simply invented your own word. )
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(52,309 posts)lapucelle
(18,308 posts)that some things have the tendency to be "wetted by water" and other things do not. (see hydrophilic)
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(52,309 posts)i think hydroscopic only means of or relating to a hydroscope, which is something that lets you observe underwater.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 10, 2017, 05:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Measures water in air, so hygroscopic would make sense.
Edit to correct: hygrometer measures water in air, not hygroscope. Duh.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)I edited to correct to hygrometer. Also duh'd myself for good measure.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)lapucelle
(18,308 posts)"Hygroscopic is the ability of a substance to absorb or adsorb moisture/water from its surroundings. A hydro scope is a viewing tool used to see in or under water so hydroscopic would be the ability to see in water."
https://www.quora.com/Is-hydroscopic-a-word-If-yes-then-what-is-the-difference-between-hydroscopic-and-hygroscopic
lapucelle
(18,308 posts)"The Difference Between Adsorb and Absorb".
http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-adsorb-and-absorb/
I can feel my brain getting bigger!
bbrady42
(175 posts)raccoon
(31,119 posts)lapucelle
(18,308 posts)hy·dro·phil·ic
adjective: hydrophilic
having a tendency to mix with, dissolve in, or be wetted by water.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Hydrophobic --- no, this isn't a person who discriminates against mermaids.
It's things that don't mix well with water. For example, oil.
lapucelle
(18,308 posts)are hydrophilic: of, relating to, or having a strong affinity for water.
I think we all need to admit that we were the geeks who liked to read the dictionary when we were kids.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Warpy
(111,332 posts)which describes the mechanism by which a substance absorbs ambient water, not an unnatural affinity for lox and smoked whitefish.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Shrek
(3,983 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)That's why one should only stir a martini, never ever shake. Some of the ice will melt and quickly dissolve with the ethanol in the gin. No shaking necessary, let alone desired.
Take a generous amount of gin. Add some vermouth (to taste) and a dash of bitters, stir over very cold ice. Serve immediately; the colder, the better. Garnish with olive(s).
:skål:
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)shaken, not stirred.
lapucelle
(18,308 posts)That shatters all my illusions.
longship
(40,416 posts)But he was a spy and an author, not a bartender. So he just didn't know better.
You never shake a martini, a Manhattan, or any all booze drink. It aerates the drink. You don't want that. You want the drink served absolutely clear. No shaking!
Shake all you want if the drink has juice in it.
lapucelle
(18,308 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)It supposedly adds color to the Bond character.
But martini fans cringe when they hear it. It makes Bond a tasteless cad.
My best to you.
3catwoman3
(24,032 posts)I agree with those who picked "hydrophilic."
Orrex
(63,220 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)hard to know which one to pick
surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)It can be almost waterproof if the lanolin hasn't been removed.