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Definition: Soft Water |
Soft WaterNoun1. Water that is not hard (does not contain salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Which contains little or no salt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Any water that does not contain a significant amount of dissolved minerals such as salts of calcium or magnesium. (references) |
Mining | Water free from calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate. CF:hard water;hardness. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Soft Water |
| Specialty definitions using "soft water": WATER-SOFTENER SERVICER-AND-INSTALLER. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "soft water"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ferskvand (fresh water), blødt vand (fresh water, sweet water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zacht water, onthard water (fresh water, softened water, sweet water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pehmeä vesi (fresh water, sweet water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | eau douce, eau de dureté faible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Süßwasser (fresh water, freshwater), Weiches Wasser, enthaertetes Wasser (softened water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλυκό νερό (fresh water, freshwater), μαλακό νερό (fresh water, sweet water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lágy víz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acqua dolce (fresh water, freshwater, sweet water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 軟水 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | な"すい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oftsay aterway água doce (fresh water, freshwater, sweet water). (various references) apã dulce. (various references) agua blanda. (various references) sötvatten (fresh water, freshwater), färskvatten (freshwater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-o-r-s-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: software. | |
-2 letters: foresaw, fretsaw, rotates, swatter, swotter, toaster, twofers, wafters. | |
-3 letters: afters, faster, fatter, fetors, forest, fortes, foster, frowst, oaters, oftest, orates, ottars, otters, rawest, rotate, rottes, softer, stater, stator, strafe, tarots, taster, taters, tawers, tetras, tortes, toters, towers, treats, twofer, wafers, wafter, waster, waters, watter, worset. | |
-4 letters: afore, after, arose, aster, fares, faros. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-o-r-s-t-t-w" | |
+2 letters: waterfronts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 66 74 57 61 74 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01100110 01110100 00100000 01010111 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o f t   W a t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0066 0074 0057 0061 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5381728625767867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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