Meanings
- not comparableNot using or containing fluid
An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
plural aneroids
- An aneroid barometer.
I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀ-
- Frenchanéroïde
- Englishaneroid
From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto anerojda
- anerojdanot using or containing fluid
French anéroïde
- anéroïdenot using or containing fluid
Irish anaróideach
- anaróideachnot using or containing fluid
Italian aneroide
- aneroidenot using or containing fluid
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Cite this entry
aneroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aneroid
“aneroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aneroid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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