aqueous

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The typical eye of the higher animals consists of a lens and two humours or fluids, known as the aqueous and the vitreous 33. our Royal Society_.

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  1. adjective Relating to, similar to, containing, or dissolved in water; watery.
  2. adjective Geology Formed from matter deposited by water, as certain sedimentary rocks.

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  • The medical-cleaning newsletter features the Microclean multi-stage ultrasonic aqueous wash system, which is suitable for applications including prosthetic implants manufactured in stainless steel, titanium or other alloys. —  Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news
  • The evanescent field of a surface plasmon at the aqueous-gold interface is converted into photocurrent by a thin film organic heterojunction diode. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The results show that ≈ 50\% of the amide protons of the polypeptide backbone of Aβ (1-40) resist exchange in aqueous, neutral pH buffer even after more than 1,000 h of incubation at room temperature. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Applying this approach, modeling the mean ionic activity coefficients (MIAC) as well as the water activity coefficients (WAC) is in very good agreement with experimental data for the aqueous HF system as well as for solutions of cadmium halides or alkali acetates. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • They are quite different from the monotonous increase ofDsfor the aqueous solutions of PVA. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From Medieval Latin aqueus, from Latin aqua, water; see aqua.

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  1. from Latin as if *aqueus, from aqua, water: see aqua.
 

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