Definition of "siccity"
siccity
noun
usually uncountable, plural siccities
(formal, rare) Dryness.
Quotations
The Lumincus Lamp of Progression, whose sciatherical shadows falling upon earthly matter, not promoting sciolism, or Siccity, may it illumine humanity as it tardigradely floats from matter's aquius wastes, to minds majestic and apyrous climes.
1875, Marietta Holley, My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, page 172
At least regarding combustion, it is advisable to derive conditions for the auto-ignition of the wet sewage sludge from an enthalpy balance with a flame temperature of 600 °C. This generally gives values of siccity close to 50%.
2007, Patricia Arlabosse, Jean-Henry Ferrasse, Didier Lecomte, Michel Crine, Yohann Dumont, Angélique Léonard, “Efficient sludge thermal processing: from drying to thermal valorization”, in Evangelos Tsotsas, Arun S. Mujumdar, editors, Modern Drying Technology, Energy Savings, John Wiley & Sons, page 319