aneroid

[ an-uh-roid ]

/ ˈæn əˌrɔɪd /

using no fluid.

Origin of aneroid

1840–50; a-⁶ + Greek nēr(ós) wet, fluid (akin to nân to flow) + -oid

Crossing the Snake, he broke his only mercurial barometer and was forced thereafter to rely on his aneroid.

The Last American Frontier |Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
Here the aneroid rises once more to rational readings, and fertile vegas spread away to the horizon.

Unexplored Spain |Abel Chapman
Our most serious want was an aneroid, in case the fragile mercurials should get broken.

Inca Land |Hiram Bingham
Fig. 33 represents the latest improved mechanism of an aneroid.

A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments |Henry Negretti

After it commenced raining the aneroid fell 0.10, but rose again before it ceased.

Journals of Australian Explorations |A C and F T Gregory

aneroid

/ (ˈænəˌrɔɪd) /

not containing a liquid

C19: from French, from an- + Greek nēros wet + -oid