Scientifically speaking, they say that water is not wet. Clearly Filtered says “Water is not wet because wetness arises from the interaction between a liquid and a solid surface. In other words, wetness is a property that occurs when water or another liquid comes into contact with a solid object”.
The scientific definition by Trinity Echo is “Wetness is the ability of a liquid to adhere to the surface of a solid, this is also the Wikipedia definition. It is dependent on a balance of cohesive and adhesive forces between a solid and a liquid. When something is wet, it means a liquid is “sticking” to its surface.”
However, the Merriam Webster definition of wet is “containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid “
The biggest trumper for this debate is what source is the most credible. To be included in a Merriam-Webster dictionary, a word must be used in a substantial number of citations that come from a wide range of publications over a considerable period of time. Specifically, the word must have enough citations to allow accurate judgments about its establishment, currency, and meaning.
Almost any teacher will tell you that Wikipedia is not a good source, and Trinity Echo is a high school. Merriam-Webster is updated yearly and is a very well-known dictionary.
Technicalities
So we have established that the technical definition of wet should be considered containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid, and the credibility clearly sides with the more informed. Now for the technicalities, a water molecule on its own is technically not wet, but that is a small exception because water cannot exist on its own unless in a lab. This is a more recent ability not able to be accomplished before. Since wetness is when something is covered, drenched, or surrounded by liquid; including when you are submerged, this means that since water for the most part can only exist in clusters, water itself is wet.
After a week of careful research, I was able to find that water is wet
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