Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sedimentary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sedimentary \Sed`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]dimentaire.]
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing
matter that has subsided.
{Sedimentary rocks}. (Geol.) See {Aqueous rocks}, under
{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)
sedimentary
adj : resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of
sediment; "sedimentary deposits"
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