polywater
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of polywater
First recorded in 1965–70; poly(meric) + water
Example Sentences
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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
When Denis Rousseau, a postdoc at the University of Southern California, first heard about polywater, he was as intrigued as anyone.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
After condensing water in the tubes and leaving them alone for about 18 hours, he’d return to find tiny bubbles of polywater congealing inside.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2013
Until recently, like most people, I’d never heard of polywater.
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
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