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aneroid

[ an-uh-roid ]

adjective

  1. using no fluid.


aneroid

/ ˈænəˌrɔɪd /

adjective

  1. not containing a liquid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aneroid1

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

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

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

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

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

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