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sedimentary |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {Sedimentary rocks}. (Geol.) See {Aqueous rocks}, under {Aqueous}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall. 2. Made from or by means of water. An aqueous deposit. --Dana. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sedimentary adj : resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; "sedimentary deposits"
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