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Definition of Tap water
1. Noun. Water directly from the spigot.
Definition of Tap water
1. Noun. Water that has come from a tap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tap Water
Literary usage of Tap water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"a culture solution was substituted for the tap-water, the angle of curvature was
more abrupt (nearly 90°). It seems probable that this is an indirect ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"When Cambridge tap-water is boiled the air given off is mixed with a radio-active
gas. The existence of this gas is easily demonstrated by electrical means, ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"As soon as one divided one of the sisters was picked out with a capillary pipette,
washed in one cc tap water for about thirty seconds, and then placed in ..."
4. Camera (1907)
"Only distilled water should be used for solution, ordinary tap water precipitating
a white substance known as chloride of silver. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"In the experiments with the typhoid organisms it was found that they multiplied
in number in both the tap water and stone filtered water persisting for ..."
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