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[syn: aqueous, sedimentary]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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   Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under
      Aqueous.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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            The aqueous vapor of the air.         --Tyndall.
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   2. Made from, or by means of, water.
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            An aqueous deposit.                   --Dana.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sedimentary
    adj 1: resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of
           sediment; "sedimentary deposits"
    2: produced by the action of water [syn: aqueous,
       sedimentary] [ant: eruptive, igneous]