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A single word for boiling water would be like the single word "slush" we have for ice in water. It likely could apply to other liquids in the same mixed state,
by Wobbles42 7mo ago
A single word for boiling water would be like the single word "slush" we have for ice in water.
It likely could apply to other liquids in the same mixed state, but would be assumed to refer to water (or solutions or colloidal mixtures primarily consisting of water) in common speech.
Water is extremely common, and has anonymously high heats of crystalization and vaporization, so it is the most common example of a mixed phase system and the only one most people encounter in everyday life.
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- DonHopkins 7mo agoInuktitut / Kalaallisut (Greenlandic): qanik -- snow falling aput -- snow on the ground pukak -- crystalline powder snow (like salt) aniuk -- snow used to make water maujaq -- deep soft snow you sink into piqsirpoq (verb) -- drifting snow / blowing snow Central Alaskan Yup’ik qanuk -- falling snow aput -- snow on the ground nevluk -- wet snow aniu -- snow for drinking water