Definition
A substance that removes moisture from the air or from another substance, used to keep things dry.
Etymology
From Latin desiccans (drying), present participle of desiccate (to dry up). The term became prominent in chemistry and food preservation in the 19th-20th centuries.
Kelly Says
That little packet of desiccant beads in vitamin bottles and electronics—usually silica gel—is performing a job humans had to do with salt, lime, or charcoal for thousands of years; technology just made it tiny.
Translations
ARالعربية
مادة جافة
maad-ah ja-f-fah
BNবাংলা
শুষ্ককরণকারী
shush-k-karan-kar-ee
CACatalà
dessecant
deh-se-kan
CSČeština
absorbent
ab-sor-bent
DADansk
fugtfordrivende
fugt-ford-ri-ven-deh
DEDeutsch
Desiccant
deh-si-kant
ELΕλληνικά
απορροφητής
a-por-ro-fe-tis
ESEspañol
desecante
deh-seh-kan-teh
FISuomi
kosteussuoja
kos-teus-su-o-ja
FRFrançais
désiccant
deh-si-kan
GUGU
શુષ્કકરણ
shoosh-k-karan
HEעברית
משיכה לחות
mis-cheh la-chot
HIहिन्दी
निर्जलीकरण
nir-jale-karan
HUMagyar
szárító
szar-ee-to
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengering
peng-e-ring
ITItaliano
disidratante
dee-si-dra-tan-teh
MRMR
सूखवणूक
sook-hav-noo-k
MSBahasa Melayu
pengering
peng-e-ring
MYမြန်မာ
ရေကျစေ
ye-kye-say
NLNederlands
ontvochtiger
on-tvoh-chi-gher
NONorsk
fuktsugger
fukt-soog-er
PLPolski
pochłaniacz wilgoci
po-hwan-iacz vil-go-chi
PTPortuguês
desicante
deh-si-kan-teh
RORomână
absorbant
ab-sor-bant
RUРусский
сушилка
soo-shihl-kah
SVSvenska
fuktsugare
fukt-soo-gah-reh
TAதமிழ்
ஈரப்பதம் நீக்கி
eer-app-ath-am nee-kki
TEతెలుగు
కాండకరణం
kaan-da-ka-ran-am
THไทย
ตัวดูดความชื้น
tua-doo-kwahm-chun
TLTL
pumiputo
poo-mi-poo-to
TRTürkçe
nem alma maddesi
nem al-ma ma-deh-seh-ee
UKУкраїнська
поглинач вологи
po-hly-nach vo-lo-gi
VITiếng Việt
hút ẩm
hoot am
ZUZU
umshushisi
oom-shu-shee-see