efflorescence

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The production of flowers.
2. isim Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.

   “1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.”

3. isim The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
4. isim An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
5. isim An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.

   “I’d hoped that when the black hole of the Donald Trump presidency ended, redirected energy might allow for a cultural efflorescence. So far that hasn’t happened.”

6. isim A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.