Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aneroid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aneroid \An"e*roid\, n.
An aneroid barometer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aneroid \An"e*roid\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist +
-oid: cf. F. an['e]ro["i]de.]
Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.
{Aneroid barometer}, a barometer the action of which depends
on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic
top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the
air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of
pressure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aneroid
adj : containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid;
"aneroid barometer"
n : a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids
[syn: {aneroid barometer}]
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