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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DESICCATION, n. The act of making dry; the state of being dried.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: dryness resulting from the removal of water [syn: dehydration, desiccation]
2: the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation]
Merriam Webster's
noun see desiccate
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Desiccation Des`ic*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. dessiccation.] The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out. (FORMAL) ...the disastrous consequences of the desiccation of the wetland.
