Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Completely solid: said of certain instruments used in barometry in which no liquid is employed, as an aneroid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Wholly
solid ; said of abarometer , such as theaneroid barometer , constructed of solid materials to show thevariations ofatmospheric pressure without the use ofliquids .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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