Aqueous
A·que·ous
Aqueous
a.
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Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air.
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Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit.
Phrases & Compounds
- Aqueous extract
- an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.
- Aqueous humor
- one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.)
- Aqueous rocks
- those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.