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- noun hydrology Water that is not bound to an
inorganic surface, that can flowfreely .
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hernesheir commented on the word free water
In geology and oil/gas production, water that is mobile, available to flow through pore spaces, and not bound to surfaces of grains or mineral hydrates in rock, or locked in an emulsion.
June 2, 2010