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subaqueous

American  
[suhb-ay-kwee-uhs, -ak-wee-] / sʌbˈeɪ kwi əs, -ˈæk wi- /

adjective

  1. existing or situated under water; underwater.

  2. occurring or performed under water.

  3. used under water.


subaqueous British  
/ sʌbˈeɪkwɪəs, -ˈækwɪ- /

adjective

  1. occurring, appearing, formed, or used under water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

subaqueous Scientific  
/ sŭb-ā′kwē-əs /
  1. Found or occurring underwater.

  2. Formed or adapted for underwater use or operation.


Etymology

Origin of subaqueous

First recorded in 1670–80; sub- + aqueous


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Ashley, G. M. Classification of large-scale subaqueous bedforms: a new look at an old problem-SEPM bedforms and bedding structures.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

But how, exactly, does something like subaqueous rock-toting translate to the basketball court?

From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2015

In this dark subaqueous space the water is lit by horizontal shafts of light that stir the pattern on the coffered concrete ceiling.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2012

The trees beside a pond in “The Park of Schloss Kammer” from 1910 aren’t so much trees as controlled explosions of pointillist color, seething molecular clouds set on a plane of subaqueous light.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2012

On they floundered despite their exhaustion; on along the subaqueous ridge, which at every step appeared to sink deeper into the water,—as if the nearer to the land the peninsula became all the more depressed.

From The Boy Slaves by Mayne Reid

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