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  • noun hydrology Water that is not bound to an inorganic surface, that can flow freely.

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  • 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