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aqueous
/ˈæ.kwi.əs/
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What does aqueous mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to water.
- Consisting mostly of water. Often used in the expression "aqueous solution".
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The aqueous vapours, discharged through great spiracles, do not contain alkali in solution, like the waters of the Geyser, in Iceland.
But another reason may be suggested for the increase of atmospheric humidity, and consequently of the precipitation of aqueous vapor on mountain chains.
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The spectral, half-compounded, aqueous light which pervaded the open mead impressed them with a feeling of isolation, as if they were Adam and Eve.
The aqueous humor is a liquid, contained in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye in front of the lens.