dihydrogen monoxide
noun/daɪˈhaɪdɹədʒ(ə)n məˈnɒksaɪd/UK/daɪˈhaɪdɹədʒən məˈnɑkˌsaɪd/US
Definitions
H₂O, water.
- Thus ice contracts when melting, ice being a regular and rather open structure of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, while water is a collection of dihydrogen-monoxide (H₂O), tetra-hydrogen dioxide (2H₂O), and more complex molecules.
- There was no point in buying bottled water, he said, dihydrogen monoxide would be in there too, although you could get rid of it by boiling your water for long enough.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dihydrogen monoxide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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