Crossword clues for aneroid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Aneroid \An"e*roid\, n. An aneroid barometer.
Wiktionary
a. Not using or containing fluid n. An aneroid barometer
WordNet
n. a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids [syn: aneroid barometer]
adj. containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid; "aneroid barometer"
Wikipedia
Aneroid may mean
- The village of Aneroid, Saskatchewan
- A type of barometer operated by the movement of the elastic lid of a box exhausted of air.
Usage examples of "aneroid".
According to the hypsometer and our aneroid barometer we were at a height of 11,075 feet -- this was in lat.
According to the aneroid, the height of the terrace on which we stood was 4,000 feet above the sea.
I consulted the aneroid immediately on our arrival at the camping-ground, and it showed 10,920 feet above the sea, which the hypsometer afterwards confirmed.
Five aneroid barometers: One large instrument with thermometer attached, without name or number.
Calver would get up to walk to the aneroid, to stand with Captain Engels to stare at the instrument.
One was a standard aneroid instrument with two pointers, one of which you set by hand, the other responding to atmospheric pressure.
To Softly all motion appeared to be taking place in an aneroid medium, some kind of thick gel.
He led Keefer to the aneroid barometer affixed to the rear of the pilothouse.
Fahrenheit thermometer, 1 aneroid barometer, 1 box containing a photographic apparatus, object-glass, plates, chemicals, etc.
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.
Monsieur Mangin held on his lap his few special provisions for the journey: a hamper of sandwiches and wine, a pocket compass and a small aneroid barometer.
Therefore, when you feel the rope stop your ascent, you will know that we have counted off nine hundred, and your aneroid should indicate approximately one thousand.
Dufrayer had an aneroid barometer hanging in his private room at his office.
My eyes were fixed upon the thermometer in the aneroid, which hung on the wall over his desk.
We had two photographic cameras, an air thermometer, two aneroids with altitude scale to 15,000 feet, and two hypsometers.