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aqua

1

[ ak-wuh, ah-kwuh ]

noun

, plural aq·uae [ak, -wee, ah, -kwee], aq·uas.
  1. Chiefly Pharmacology.
    1. a liquid.
    2. a solution, especially in water.
  2. a light greenish-blue color.


adjective

  1. having the color aqua.

aqua-

2
  1. variant of aqui-.

aqua

/ ˈækwə /

noun

  1. water: used in compound names of certain liquid substances (as in aqua regia ) or solutions of substances in water (as in aqua ammoniae ), esp in the names of pharmacological solutions


adjective

  1. short for aquamarine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: water

Origin of aqua2

Probably originally attributive use of aqua, or generalized from words in which it is etymologically the head noun of a phrase, as aquamarine, aquatint

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua1

Latin: water

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Example Sentences

The type overwhelms the cover, but there is such subtle refinement to the use of aqua highlights on the letterforms, giving the impression that the type is piercing through stormy skies.

Peer closely at the dial and you’ll see a subtle engraved wave pattern that, coupled with the mesmerizing aqua blue, might lull you to sleep like a lazy day drifting on the high seas.

The multiple rooms soothe visitors with aqua and fuchsia seating, cascades of greenery and servers whose smiles are backed up by polish.

The key to picking an aqua scooter that will deliver fun safely is to know what factors are important to you.

Glidden suggests using its 2021 choice, Aqua Fiesta, a softer, muted turquoise-aqua blend that won’t overpower your bedroom, bathroom and kitchen walls, and will promote a feeling of calm where used.

In this aqua blanket with its frayed edges I smelled home: warm laundry, bacon frying, coffee and cigarettes.

AQUA Studio NYLocation: New York, NYPrice: $40 You could swim and you could bike, or you could cycle in the water.

The MTA did try something similar on the west side yard of Penn Station: a giant tube full of water known as an aqua dam.

But there, in her aqua-painted bedroom, there was no judgment, only admiration.

The hair is most definitely UP, and gone are the usual greys and whites and in its place a shocking aqua-marine teal.

A tint of aqua-marina of marvellous delicacy spread a soft hue throughout the cavern.

Neither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.

Platina is precipitated from a solution in aqua regia by sal-ammoniac, as gold is by martial vitriol.

It is soluble in the vitriolic or marine acids, and reduced to a yellow calx by nitrous acid or aqua regia.

If a little aqua-fortis be mixed with the water, the writing will dry well, and not run out of its form when the paper is wetted.

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Aqtöbeaqua ammoniae