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soft water
soft watern. Water containing little or no dissolved salts of calcium or magnesium, especially water containing less than about 85 parts per million of calcium carbonate.Soft WaterEither pure water or water containing salts that do not react with soap to form insoluble soap scum. Before the use of water-softening chemicals, the primary source of soft water was from rain, and rainwater was often caught and saved in washtubs or barrels.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | soft water - water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solventhard water - water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap |
Translationssoft water
soft water[′sȯft ′wȯd·ər] (chemistry) Water that is free of magnesium or calcium salts. soft waterWater, free of magnesium or calcium salts, in which soap readily dissolves, forming a lather without being precipitated.soft water
soft wa·terwater lacking those ions, such as Mg2+ and Ca2+, that form insoluble salts with fatty acids, so that ordinary soap will lather easily in it.soft wa·ter (sawft wawtĕr) Water lacking ions that form insoluble salts with fatty acids, so that ordinary soap will lather easily in it. FinancialSeeWatersoft water
Antonyms for soft waternoun water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)Related WordsAntonyms |