Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aqueous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Aqueous \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

aqueous
adj : similar to or containing or dissolved in water; "aqueous
solutions"


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