1.
[syn: aneroid barometer, aneroid]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid;
- Example: "aneroid barometer"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aneroid \An"e*roid\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist +
-oid: cf. F. an['e]ro["i]de.]
Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.
[1913 Webster]
Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends
on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic
top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the
air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of
pressure.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
aneroid \an"e*roid\, n.
An aneroid barometer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aneroid
adj 1: containing no liquid or actuated without the use of
liquid; "aneroid barometer"
n 1: a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids
[syn: aneroid barometer, aneroid]