Definition of Aqueus
A"que*ous (&?;), a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L.
aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.]
1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with
it; watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air.
Tyndall.
2. Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit.
Dana.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (chemistry) consisting mostly of water
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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