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Aneroid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not using liquid.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not using or containing fluid

n. An aneroid barometer

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.

n. An aneroid barometer.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Dispensing with fluid; of a barometer, dispensing with a fluid, as quicksilver, which is employed in an ordinary barometer.

n. An aneroid barometer.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids

adj. containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid

Word Usage

"The word aneroid means not wet, or not a fluid, like mercury, so that, while aneroid barometers are being made which do use mercury, they are generally made without."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

barometer

Cross Reference

aneroid barometer

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