aneroid

[ an-uh-roid ]

adjective

1. using no fluid.

noun

1. aneroid barometer.

aneroid

/ ˈænəˌrɔɪd /

adjective

1. not containing a liquid

Word History and Origins

Origin of aneroid¹

1840–50; a- ⁶ + Greek nēr ( ós ) wet, fluid (akin to nân to flow) + -oid

Word History and Origins

Origin of aneroid¹

C19: from French, from an- + Greek nēros wet + -oid

Example Sentences

It was three miles to the bottom of the gully, and the aneroid barometer registered one thousand one hundred and ninety feet.

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By the aneroid the top of the six-mile hill was 800 feet above the sea-level at Ryan's.

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The compensation for temperature is the same as in the ordinary aneroid.

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The exact size and appearance of this aneroid are shown in fig. 34.

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Fig. 33 represents the latest improved mechanism of an aneroid.

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