dihydrogenmonoxide

See also: dihydrogen-monoxide and dihydrogen monoxide

English

Noun

dihydrogenmonoxide (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of dihydrogen monoxide
   • 1998, Michigan’s Oil & Gas News‎^[1], volume 104, page 4:

     Dihydrogenmonoxide is very dangerous! Accidental inhalation can kill you!

   • 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:

     The compound dihydrogenmonoxide has several manufacturing and industrial uses. […] A prudent course of action dealing with dihydrogenmonoxide is to: […]

   • 2008, John Ringo, “Chapter Two: I Was and Am an Idiot”, in The Last Centurion, Baen Books, →ISBN, page unpaginated:

     Drank about three times as much as me. I didn't get heat stroke, he didn't die of dihydrogenmonoxide poisoning.

   • 2008 spring, “Smoke or dye: Township Interceptors Monitor, Block Infiltration”, in Cranberry Today, page 11:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

     H₂O dihydrogenmonoxide or water (molecular formula)