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Re: Pitt Stop
by William Pitt » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:27 pm
What makes wet, wet?
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Leo » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:30 pm
Water only makes things wet, but it is not wet itself.
Take a single water molecule. The definition of wet is covered with water. Is a water molecule covered in water? Nope.
Take a single water molecule. The definition of wet is covered with water. Is a water molecule covered in water? Nope.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by DezNutz » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:34 pm
Señor Bigote wrote:Water only makes things wet, but it is not wet itself.
Take a single water molecule. The definition of wet is covered with water. Is a water molecule covered in water? Nope.
Wrong.
The definition of wet is covered with water or another liquid.
Note the part in BIG RED LETTERS.
If a rag is saturated in gasoline, diesel, kerosene, etc. it is wet.
Furthermore, if a single molecule of water sits on top of a single atom of helium, it would by definition cover the helium and thus make it wet.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Leo » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:36 pm
I left out the "another liquid" part because it was unnecessary to include.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by DezNutz » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:38 pm
Señor Bigote wrote:I left out the "another liquid" part because it was unnecessary to include.
If it wasn't necessary to include, it wouldn't be part of the definition.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Leo » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:45 pm
Not necessarily.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Haron » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:51 pm
DezNutz wrote:Furthermore, if a single molecule of water sits on top of a single atom of helium, it would by definition cover the helium and thus make it wet.
No. "Wet" does simply not make sense on that scale.
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Re: Pitt Stop
by DezNutz » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:55 pm
Haron wrote:DezNutz wrote:Furthermore, if a single molecule of water sits on top of a single atom of helium, it would by definition cover the helium and thus make it wet.
No. "Wet" does simply not make sense on that scale.
Why not. Can a molecule not cover a single atom?
Is it because you can't feel it?
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Haron » Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:02 pm
No, it cannot "cover" another molecule. Being able to feel it is irrelevant. However, there are lots of water molecules everywhere, so such a definition would make the word "wet" pointless (as well as "dry"). Also, at that scale, the position of single molecules are not exact, and their position change rapidly with time. Is the air "wet" because there are lots of water molecules there? Or any surface exposed to air (and by extention, water molecules)?
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Re: Pitt Stop
by Leo » Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:10 pm
Not really sure how this game works, but there have been more than 10 posts since Pitt updated it. If you count from there I was the 10th so I should claim a prize, but I'm not sure if that's how he was counting.
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