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Aqueous adj.

Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. "The aqueous vapor of the air."

Made from, or by means of, water. "An aqueous deposit."

Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.

Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.)

Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; called also sedimentary rocks.

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Etymology of 'Aqueous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aqueous" Quotes from Famous Books

... large proportion of it can be eliminated owing to the fact that we are here able to work in a room of constant temperature. It has been pointed out that the fluctuations in the temperature of the gas-meter affect not only the volume of the gas passing through the meter, but likewise the tension of aqueous vapor. The corrections formerly made for temperature on the barometer are now unnecessary; finally (and perhaps still more important) it is no longer necessary to subdivide the volume of the system into portions of air existing under different temperatures, ...

— Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man • Francis Gano Benedict

... observation, and the infinite variety of his distinctions. Besides the qualities of the nails that I have mentioned, he noticed some which altogether eluded my senses, such as their milkiness, flintiness, friability, elasticity, tenacity, and sensibility; whether they were aqueous, unctious, or mealy; with many more, which have ...

— A Voyage to the Moon • George Tucker

... swallow-tailed waiters dashing out of grottos and from under cataracts, and of the air, on the part of the whole population, of standing about, in the most characteristic contadino manner, to pounce on you and take you somewhere, snatch you from somebody else, shout something at you, the aqueous and other uproar permitting, and then charge you for it, your innocence aiding. I'm afraid our run the rest of the way to Subiaco remains with me but as an after-sense of that exhilaration, in spite of our rising admirably higher, all the while, and plunging constantly ...

— Italian Hours • Henry James

Words linked to "Aqueous" : sedimentary, aqueous humour, aqueous humor, igneous