Aqueous
['eɪkwɪəs] or ['ekwɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) produced by the action of water .
(adj.) similar to or containing or dissolved in water; 'aqueous solutions' .
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Definition
(a.) Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
(a.) Made from, or by means of, water.
Typist: Susan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Watery, waterish, moist, wet, humid, damp.
Typist: Thaddeus
Definition
adj. watery: deposited by water.—adv. A′queously.—Aqueous humour the watery fluid which fills the space between the cornea and the crystalline lens in the eye; Aqueous rocks in geology rocks composed of matter deposited by water.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- He drew diagrams combining an a tom of oxygen with an atom of nitrogen and an atom of aqueous vapor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It seemed to him that aqueous vapor always exists as a distinct fluid maintaining its identity among the other fluids of the atmosp here. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If in addition to this the casks are washed out with an aqueous solution of the acid it will prove of great service, and all other agents at present used for this purpose will soon be abandoned. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He scrutinized the crystals of sodium ammonium racemate obtained from aqueous solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was quite positive that all basalt was of aqueous origin and of quite recent formation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The rain desce nds on the earth; streams and rivers bear it to the sea; the aqueous vapors, drawn from the sea, supply the c louds, and the circuit is complete. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was known to consist largely of oxygen and n itrogen, and to contain in addition aqueous vapor, carbonic acid, and ammonia which might be brought to earth by rain. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Washed with an aqueous solution (four drachms of acid to a gallon of water), or kept in it, or wrapped in cloths soaked in this water, keeps fresh for a very long time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To keep meat for several days from becoming high or tainted: Place it for twenty or thirty minutes in an aqueous solution of 8 drachms of salicylic acid to one gallon of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The plate is then exposed and the latent image developed by an aqueous solution of pyrogallic acid, or protosulphate of iron. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Vandura silk was spun from an aqueous solution of gelatine by forcing it through a fine capillary tube, but it attained little or no practical value. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Still h e could not explain why the oxygen did not gravitate to the lowest place, the nitrogen form a stratum above, and the aqueous vapor swim upon the top. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Werner considered all rocks as having originated by crystallization, either chemical or mechanical, from an aqueous solut ion--a universal primitive ocean. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Ozzie