A'que-ōŭs, a.

[Fr. aqueux, Lat. aquosus, from aqua, q. v.]

1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. “Aqueous moisture.” Ray.
2. Made by means of water. “An aqueous deposit.” Dana.

Aqueous humor (Anat.), one of the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea, and divided into two chambers by the iris.—Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin.