What does WD-40 stand for?

Water Displacement (40th Attempt)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Retrofit your throne with a Toilet Tank Bank water displacement bag from Niagara Conservation.

Straight flush

Instead of water displacement, it utilizes air displacement in its measurement of lean body mass and fat mass.

Leading the way 2009 Fittest Execs

Put a water displacement device in your toilet cistern to save water.

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WD-40 stands for water displacement and the 40 attempts it took its creators at the fledgling Rocket Chemical Co.

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The introduction of new larger ferries has caused outrage among some Lymington River-users who fear added water displacement will increase erosion of the area's salt marshes.

United Kingdom: Campaigners set up ferry fighting fund

We used water displacement because it is a good practical science experiment.

How a bowl of warm water can help you buy a bra that fits better

Thus, circumference-based measures of limb volume provide a rapid and valid way to evaluate limb volume changes in a clinical environment as an alternative to water displacement or other, more sophisticated methods.

Measurement decisions for clinical assessment of limb volume changes ...

Get water displacement units in the cisterns to reduce the toilet flush and consider switching to push or spray taps.

THE GREEN mouse EFFFCT; Mirror WORKS OUR GUIDE TO REDUCE OFFICE WASTE ...