Is a single molecule of water wet?

[Exophase]

This is according to Google:
adjective
1.
covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

So, water can be wet, as water can be covered with water. However, a single molecule of water won't fit this definition.

Covers implies some kind of boundary between a material of some type and a material of another type, something that can be independently observed and not just asserted.. it kind of loses all meaning if you drop this. If you put water on water you don't have water covering water, you just have water.

 

[Cheesemoo]

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man

:awe:

 

[DigDog]

This is according to Google:
adjective
1.
covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

So, water can be wet, as water can be covered with water. However, a single molecule of water won't fit this definition.

it works like this: YOU give me a definition, and I give you the answer.
also, are you really sure you want to go with google's definition? they are generally ranked very low on the "list of terms which are scientifically accurate".

 

[Fritzo]

If I remember my chemistry, I think water is "wet" when several molecules are in close proximity. The two hydrogen atoms want to bond, but the oxygen atom prevents it. The angle of the atoms therefore is more "pointed" than it should be, and they tend to slide around each other instead of interlocking.