Water is not wet

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

The scientific definition of wetness is the contact of a surface with water. Water itself cannot be wet. To use another example, fire is not burnt; fire burns.

When you reply to something with the age-old saying "and water is wet," all I'm seeing is an idiot who doesn't understand how the world works. Be better.

Edit: Changed "a liquid" to "water" for clarity and factuality.

 

[Skitarii]

OP's mom has only been wet for me

 

[gagabobo1997]

Water molecules aren't wet by any definition of the word, but it would also not be incorrect imo to describe, say, a glass of water as being wet.

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

Water molecules aren't wet by any definition of the word, but it would also not be incorrect imo to describe, say, a glass of water as being wet.

Correct. The glass is wet.

 

[Soup Sammiches]

Your mama is wet.

Ninja'd by @Skitarii damn.

 

[draggs]

The scientific definition

you fucked up right at the start bro

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

you fucked up right at the start bro

BELIEVE SCIENCE!!!!!

 

[draggs]

BELIEVE SCIENCE!!!!!

I believe science is a stupid BITCH sometimes

 

[Gorton Colu]

Water is touching itself all the time, making itself wet.

 

[XL xQgg?QcQCaTYDMjqoDnYpG]

The scientific definition of wetness is the contact of a surface with a liquid.

No it isn't

Behold! A surface that is in contact with a liquid, yet it is not wet

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

No it isn't
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Behold! A surface that is in contact with a liquid, yet it is not wet

Since the water isn't actually adhering to the surface, is it really touching it?

Water is touching itself all the time, making itself wet.

Spoken like a layman.

 

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

Since the water isn't actually adhering to the surface, is it really touching it?

By that definition, given that water exhibits properties of both adhesion and cohesion, cohesion being the property of a molecule adhering to like molecules, water is wet because it sticks to itself

 

[JohnnyG]

Behold! A surface that is in contact with a liquid, yet it is not wet

Wetting is the opposite of beading. So water soaking into a fabric, vs. sitting on top of a coated surface.

I guess for arbitrarily fine mist, or maybe water beading off the surface of a waxed car, you could say that water isn't wet, but as soon as it consolidates into macro-sized drops, sheets, or a volume in a container, it's definitely "wet".

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

By that definition, given that water exhibits properties of both adhesion and cohesion, cohesion being the property of a molecule adhering to like molecules, water is wet because it sticks to itself

But the water cannot wet itself. It doesn't impart any characteristics to the other water molecules that those molecules do not already possess. Wetness is the state of something that has had water applied to it.

 

[TheOtherSideofMakeBelieve]

But the water cannot wet itself. It doesn't impart any characteristics to the other water molecules that those molecules do not already possess. Wetness is the state of something that has had water applied to it.

A small mass of water molecules behaves very differently than a large mass of water molecules. Small masses evaporate instantly and become a gas, the reason water exists as a liquid is because the hydrogen atoms are attracted to each other on a submolecular level (hydrogen bonding/dipole bonding). That's why water's boiling point is so high relative to its mass compared to liquid hydrocarbons which can only be liquids because of their high mass (or at high pressures). Water's wetness is, upon reaching a critical mass within a range of temperatures, inherent

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

A small mass of water molecules behaves very differently than a large mass of water molecules. Small masses evaporate instantly and become a gas, the reason water exists as a liquid is because the hydrogen atoms are attracted to each other on a submolecular level (hydrogen bonding/dipole bonding). That's why water's boiling point is so high relative to its mass compared to liquid hydrocarbons which can only be liquids because of their high mass (or at high pressures). Water's wetness is, upon reaching a critical mass within a range of temperatures, inherent

That's the physical state of water itself, which varies with factors like mass and atmospheric pressure. Wetting is the act of applying water to another surface.

 

[augment]

Is the OP wet right now.

 

[Magicicada_septendecula]

For something to be wet, it has to also be capable of being dry. A towel can be wet because it can also be dry. Water can't.

 

[Gandhi's Left Hook]

Is the OP wet right now.

Slightly. I went outside barefoot and just washed my feet off.

 

[byron]

contact of a surface with water

But the idea of "contact" is itself is a lie! https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/do-atoms-ever-touch