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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aneroid \An"e*roid\, n. An aneroid barometer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aneroid adj : containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid; "aneroid barometer" n : measures pressure without using fluids [syn: {aneroid barometer}]
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