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polywater

American

[pol-ee-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈpɒl iˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

noun

Chemistry.

a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.

Etymology

Origin of polywater

First recorded in 1965–70; poly(meric) + water

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The spectrum of infrared light absorbed by polywater didn’t match any of those in a database of roughly 100,000 substances.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013

I’d never met the man, but I was fascinated by the scant information I could find about polywater and tickled by the idea I had a family member involved with it.

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

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