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Desiccation is the process of removing nearly all moisture from something until it is completely dry.
means The process of drying something out completely, removing nearly all the moisture or water content.
from From Latin desiccare — 'de-' (thoroughly, intensifying) plus 'siccare' (to dry), rooted in siccus, meaning dry. English borrowed it in the 1500s-1600s, mostly through scientific and medical writing, to describe the thorough removal of moisture — the same siccus that gives us desiccant, those little silica packets quietly stealing moisture from your new shoes.
- etymology
- from latin siccare, to dry thoroughly
- tardigrades cheat
- they survive it by basically pausing their metabolism
- food science use
- removes water so bacteria starve and die
- silica packets
- desiccants fighting moisture inside your new shoes