aneroid
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈænəɹɔɪd/
adj
Etymology: From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
- Not using or containing fluid
“An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.”
noun
Etymology: From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
- An aneroid barometer.
“I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.”
- An aneroid calorimeter.