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light water

noun

ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.

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Nearby words

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Examples from the Web for light water

  • It is somewhere, then, between her light-water load-line and her bilge.

    The Sea Lions|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for light water

light water

noun

a name for water (H 2 O), as distinct from heavy water
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Science definitions for light water

light water

Ordinary water, H2O. Compare heavy water.
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