aneroid
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of aneroid
1840–50; a- 6 + Greek nēr ( ós ) wet, fluid (akin to nân to flow) + -oid
Example Sentences
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Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured using an aneroid sphygmomanometer.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
Figure 11.18 This aneroid gauge utilizes flexible bellows connected to a mechanical indicator to measure pressure.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Trekking to a mountain top, he used an aneroid barometer to help him calculate its height.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2013
They sometimes have, in addition, a hygrometer, a sympiesometer, an aneroid, a mirror, or a clock, &c., singly or combined.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
"The aneroid has gone up; I looked at it."
From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold
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