the action or process of moistening or wetting, irrigation, or the state of being moistened or wet
2. pathology
oedema
3. archaic
liquefaction
Examples of 'humectation' in a sentence
humectation
Using gravimetric techniques the humectation kinetic behavior of different types of molding mixtures for foundry cores were registered.
Hernández-Ruiz, J. E., Valencia- Morales, E., Villar-Cociña, E., Vega- Leiva, J. 2002, 'Difusión de humedad en mezclas de moldeo para machos de fundición', Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidriohttp://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/685/711. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)