aneroid
noun/ˈænərɔɪd/
/ˈænərɔɪd/
- a type of barometer that measures air pressure by the action of air on the elastic lid of a box containing a vacuumWord Originmid 19th cent.: coined in French from Greek a- ‘without’ + nēros ‘water’.
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