polywater

polywater
/pol"ee waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/, n. Chem.
a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
[1965-70; POLY(MERIC) + WATER]

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