Aqueous
Aqueous ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Compare French aqueux, Latin aquosus, from aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.]
1.
Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air.
2.
Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit.
Collocations (3)
Aqueous extract , an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.
Aqueous humor (Anatomy) , one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.)
Aqueous rocks (Geology) , those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.