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aqua
1[ ak-wuh, ah-kwuh ]
aqua-
2- variant of aqui-.
aqua
/ ˈækwə /
noun
- 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
- short for aquamarine
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Origin of aqua1
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Example Sentences
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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Words That Use aqua-
What does aqua- mean?
Aqua– is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “water.” It is occasionally used in a variety of scientific and technical terms.
Aquia comes from Latin aqua, meaning “water.” The Greek translation is hýdōr, meaning “water,” which is the source of such combining forms as hydro–.
What are variants of aqua-?
In some terms, aqua– becomes aqui-, as in aquifer, from French aquifère. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use article on aqui–.
Examples of aqua-
One example of a term that features the form aqua– is aquanaut, “an undersea explorer.”
Aqua– means “water,” as we have seen. The –naut part of the word roughly means “sailor” or “pilot,” from Greek –naútēs. Aquanaut literally translates to “water pilot.”
What are some words that use the combining form aqua-?
- aquacade
- aquaculture
- aquafarm
- aquarium (using the equivalent form of aqua– in Latin)
- aquashow
- aquatic (using the equivalent form of aqua– in Latin)
What are some other forms that aqua– may be commonly confused with?
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Given the meaning of aqua-, what is an aquafarm?
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