sedimentary

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sedimentary - 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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  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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sedimentary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]