aneroid
/ˈænəɹɔɪd/
aneroid adjective: not using or containing fluid.
Adjective
aneroid (not comparable)
- Not using or containing fluid
- An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
Noun
aneroid (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
- An aneroid calorimeter.
aneroid meaning in Tamil
aneroid in Tamil
- அனிராய்டு, நீர்மமற்ற, நீர்மம் வழங்காத காற்றின் அழுத்தமானி, நீர்மம் வழங்காத
Forms of aneroid
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Origin of aneroid
From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
Phrases with aneroid
Questions about aneroid
- What does aneroid mean?
- Aneroid means not using or containing fluid.
- What is aneroid in Tamil?
- Aneroid in Tamil is அனிராய்டு, நீர்மமற்ற, நீர்மம் வழங்காத காற்றின் அழுத்தமானி. See Aneroid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aneroid?
- Aneroid can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aneroid?
- Aneroid is pronounced /ˈænəɹɔɪd/.
Words near aneroid in the dictionary
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