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aqueous

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective aqueous has 2 senses

aqueous(a = adj.pert) Array - similar to or containing or dissolved in water; "aqueous solutions"

aqueous(a = adj.all) sedimentary - produced by the action of water; Array

Antonym: igneous

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CIDE DICTIONARY

aqueous, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.].

Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. [1913 Webster]
"The aqueous vapor of the air." [1913 Webster]
Made from, or by means of, water. [1913 Webster]
"An aqueous deposit." [1913 Webster]

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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aqueous, adj.
1 of, containing, or like water.
2 Geol. produced by water (aqueous rocks).

Idiom

aqueous humour Anat. the clear fluid in the eye between the lens and the cornea.

Etymology

med.L aqueus f. L aqua water

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ROGET THESAURUS

aqueous

Water

N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.

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