polywater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of polywater
First recorded in 1965–70; poly(meric) + water
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It’s possible the CIA subscribed to the belief that, like ice-nine in Cat’s Cradle, polywater was capable of uncontrollably self-replicating.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
Soon after, he was whisked to Moscow by Deryagin, a giant in the USSR’s scientific community, who essentially appropriated Fedyakin’s polywater work for his own research.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
Until recently, like most people, I’d never heard of polywater.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
Just a few years after it was born, polywater was killed.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
When Rousseau’s team performed an analysis for sodium, they found it in any polywater they were able to produce, along with calcium, potassium, and chlorine.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
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