1902 34 347 Successive layers differ in density, and..these correspond to the ‘water-poor’ and ‘water-rich’ lamellae described by Nägeli.
1946 6 July 14/1 For an ordered system, the expansion on wetting is lateral for a water-rich system, and perpendicular for a water-poor system.
2004 Summer 30/1 An oil-rich water-poor landscape makes financial and practical obstacles irrelevant [in the Middle East].