subaqueous
Americanadjective
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existing or situated under water; underwater.
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occurring or performed under water.
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used under water.
adjective
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Found or occurring underwater.
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Formed or adapted for underwater use or operation.
Etymology
Origin of subaqueous
Example Sentences
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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
Continued drainage from the ice continued to bring sediment into the lake, and the subaqueous overwash plain extended its delta-like front farther and farther into the lake, until its basin was completely filled.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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