light water


noun

ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.

Example sentences from the Web for light water

  • It is somewhere, then, between her light-water load-line and her bilge.

    The Sea Lions |James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for light water

light water

noun

a name for water (H 2 O), as distinct from heavy water

Scientific definitions for light water

light water

Ordinary water, H2O. Compare heavy water.