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 a barometer, such as the aneroid barometer, constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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