Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dihydrogenmonoxide en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of dihydrogen monoxide.
    • The compound dihydrogenmonoxide has several manufacturing and industrial uses.[…]A prudent course of action dealing with dihydrogenmonoxide is to:[…] 2006, Daniel A. Vallero, “Part II: Key Environmental Events by Media”, “5. Landmark Cases”, in Paradigms Lost: Learning from Environmental Mistakes, Mishaps, and Misdeeds, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, “Lessons Learned”, “Disasters: Real and Perceived”, page 227:
    • Several months ago, silent monitors, hidden deep in manholes surrounding the neighborhood, fingered Interceptors 13 and 14 – the Township’s code for major sewer lines serving homes and businesses in the area – as potential sites of infiltration from underground sources of dihydrogenmonoxide, or H2O as it is sometimes known. 2008 spring, “Smoke or dye: Township Interceptors Monitor, Block Infiltration”, in Cranberry Today, page 11:
    • Dihydrogenmonoxide is very dangerous! Accidental inhalation can kill you! 1998, Michigan’s Oil & Gas News, volume 104, page 4:
    • Let students (especially at the middle school level) practice their new analysis skills by looking at the purposeful hoax websites for the Pacific Northwest tree octopus (http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/) or dihydrogenmonoxide (www.dhmo.org). Focus on the ways in which the sites use scientific-sounding language and arguments to persuade people. 2012, Cyndy Scheibe, Faith Rogow, “Chapter 7: Media Literacy Lesson Plans”, in The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World, Corwin, →ISBN, “Lesson Plan #3: ‘Fact or Fiction? Urban Legends and False Beliefs’”, page 165:
    • H₂O dihydrogenmonoxide or water (molecular formula) 2016 April, INTECUS GmbH, “List of Abbreviations”, in Technical Guide on the treatment and recycling techniques for sludge from municipal waste water treatment, German Environment Agency, →ISSN, page 2:
    • Drank about three times as much as me. I didn't get heat stroke, he didn't die of dihydrogenmonoxide poisoning. 2008, John Ringo, “Chapter Two: I Was and Am an Idiot”, in The Last Centurion, Baen Books, →ISBN, page unpaginated: