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单词 polywater
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Definition of polywater in English:

polywater

noun ˈpɒlɪwɔːtə
mass nounhistorical
  • A supposed polymeric form of water having properties markedly different from ordinary water and reputedly discovered in fine capillary tubes. These properties were later found to be the result of impurities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The reason I gave last week for the error that created the false scientific ‘discovery’ known as ‘polywater’ - the inadvertent presence of detergents on lab glassware - turns out to be somewhat more complicated than that.
    • In both polywater and N-rays, science nicely corrected itself, as it was designed to do.
    • N-rays, polywater, and cold fusion each have their own comprehensive chapters.
    • As I read his descriptions of polywater and ‘remembering water,’ I wondered aloud, ‘Why aren't these New Age folks grateful for the genuinely wondrous properties of water without which we would not be alive today?’
    • Good scientists, however, do not carry faith too far and, like Boris Deryagin, the discoverer of polywater, sometimes have to admit error or abandon a cherished theory.

Origin

1960s: from poly- + water.

Definition of polywater in US English:

polywater

nounˈpäliˌwôtər
historical
  • A supposed polymeric form of water having properties markedly different from ordinary water and reputedly discovered in fine capillary tubes. These properties were later found to be the result of impurities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In both polywater and N-rays, science nicely corrected itself, as it was designed to do.
    • The reason I gave last week for the error that created the false scientific ‘discovery’ known as ‘polywater’ - the inadvertent presence of detergents on lab glassware - turns out to be somewhat more complicated than that.
    • Good scientists, however, do not carry faith too far and, like Boris Deryagin, the discoverer of polywater, sometimes have to admit error or abandon a cherished theory.
    • N-rays, polywater, and cold fusion each have their own comprehensive chapters.
    • As I read his descriptions of polywater and ‘remembering water,’ I wondered aloud, ‘Why aren't these New Age folks grateful for the genuinely wondrous properties of water without which we would not be alive today?’

Origin

1960s: from poly- + water.

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