aneroid

[ an-uh-roid ]

adjective

1. using no fluid.

noun

1. aneroid barometer.

aneroid

/ ˈænəˌrɔɪd /

adjective

1. not containing a liquid

Word History and Origins

Origin of aneroid¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aneroid¹

C19: from French, from an- + Greek nēros wet + -oid

Example Sentences

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured using an aneroid sphygmomanometer.

From Science Daily

In front of me there’s a little aneroid barometer, a present from my son Tom, which also tells me the temperature and the humidity.

From The Guardian

Trekking to a mountain top, he used an aneroid barometer to help him calculate its height.

From BBC

All the figures given in this chapter are for sea level and if your house is 1900 feet above you must move the copper hand of your aneroid 1.95 inches from the pressure hand.

From Project Gutenberg

They were made by Meyer most ingeniously of a lever balance taken from an aneroid barometer and connected with a three-cornered rule; the weights used were shot from their shot-gun ammunition.

From Project Gutenberg