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aneroid
[ an-uh-roid ]
adjective
- using no fluid.
noun
aneroid
/ ˈænəˌrɔɪd /
adjective
- not containing a liquid
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aneroid1
C19: from French, from an- + Greek nēros wet + -oid
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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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