aqua

[ ak-wuh, ah-kwuh ]

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noun,plural aq·uae

[ak-wee, ah-kwee], /ˈæk wi, ˈɑ kwi/, aq·uas.

Chiefly Pharmacology.
- water.
- a liquid.
- a solution, especially in water.
a light greenish-blue color.

adjective

having the color aqua.

Origin of aqua

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin: water

Other definitions for aqua- (2 of 2)

aqua-

variant of aqui-.

Origin of aqua-

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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How to use aqua in a sentence

In this aqua blanket with its frayed edges I smelled home: warm laundry, bacon frying, coffee and cigarettes.
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But there, in her aqua-painted bedroom, there was no judgment, only admiration.
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The hair is most definitely UP, and gone are the usual greys and whites and in its place a shocking aqua-marine teal.
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A tint of aqua-marina of marvellous delicacy spread a soft hue throughout the cavern.
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Neither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry | Joseph Priestley
Platina is precipitated from a solution in aqua regia by sal-ammoniac, as gold is by martial vitriol.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry | Joseph Priestley
It is soluble in the vitriolic or marine acids, and reduced to a yellow calx by nitrous acid or aqua regia.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry | Joseph Priestley
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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British Dictionary definitions for aqua

aqua

/ (ˈækwə) /

nounplural aquae (ˈækwiː) or aquas

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 (def. 2)

Origin of aqua

Latin: water

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