light water

noun

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

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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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light water in Science

light water

Ordinary water, H2O. Compare heavy water.