ANEROID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aneroid mean? 

• ANEROID (noun)
  The noun ANEROID has 1 sense:

1. a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids

  Familiarity information: ANEROID used as a noun is very rare.

• ANEROID (adjective)
  The adjective ANEROID has 1 sense:

1. containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid

  Familiarity information: ANEROID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEROID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barometer that measures pressure without using fluids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aneroid; aneroid barometer

Hypernyms ("aneroid" is a kind of...):

barometer (an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure)

Holonyms ("aneroid" is a part of...):

altimeter (an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation)

Derivation:

aneroid (containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid)

• ANEROID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

aneroid barometer

Pertainym:

aneroid (a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids)

Derivation:

aneroid (a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids)

 Context examples 

Now, upon his assigning some duty to his fellow-Professor (it was only the carrying of an aneroid barometer), the matter suddenly came to a head.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)