• Question: It's been a debate that has been going on for a while now and I wanted to know the scientific answer to: is water wet?

    Asked by Livvy to Jacque on 15 Mar 2018.
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      Jacque Cilliers answered on 15 Mar 2018:


      Clever question.
      To answer this question we will open the dictionary to page “W” and find “wet”:
      “covered or saturated with water or another liquid”.
      So “wet” is a characteristic of water… water itself is wet and this is where the word comes from. Its like saying… prove that wood is wooden, or air is airy. Water is wet because its the word we use to describe water. Water is 100% water and is therefore wet.

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