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aneroid


Containing no liquid; said of 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.

Origin: Gr. Priv. + wet, moist: cf. F. Aneroide.

Source: Websters Dictionary