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Definition: Aneroid |
AneroidAdjective1. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid; "aneroid barometer". Noun1. A barometer that measures pressure without using fluids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aneroid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Etymology: Aneroid \An"e*roid\, adjective. [Greek 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist + -oid: compare to French an['e]ro["i]de.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A thin, disk-shaped box or capsule, usually metallic, partially evacuated of air and sealed, which expands and contracts with changes in atmospheric or gaseous pressure.The aneroid is the sensing and actuating element in various meters or gages, such as barometers, altimeters, manifold-pressure gages, etc; it is also the triggering or operating element in various automatic mechanisms. A device similar to an aneroid, but open to outside pressures, such as the capsule in an airspeed indicator, is not commonly called an aneroid . (references) |
Computing | Thin-walled airtight compartment designated to suffer precisely predictable and repeatable elastic distortion proportional to the pressure difference between the interior and exterior. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | A portable instrument used in the field to determine differences in ground elevation; this instrument registers the effect of atmospheric pressure on an evacuated, flexible capsule and not on a fluid column(e. g. mercury). Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Thin-walled, airtight compartment designed to suffer precisely predictable and repeatable elastic distortion proportional to pressure difference between interior and exterior. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: AneroidSynonym: aneroid barometer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass,aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aneroid |
| English words defined with "aneroid": Holosteric. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aneroid": aneroid barograph ♦ baroswitch ♦ CALIBRATOR, BAROMETERS ♦ electronics technician ♦ Graham pressure surveying apparatus ♦ instrument calibrator ♦ METEOROLOGICAL-EQUIPMENT REPAIRER ♦ orometer ♦ pressure altimeter ♦ S.M.R.E. combustible gases recorder. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aneroid" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (aneroid), Manx (aneroid ), Romanian (aneroid), Serbo-Croatian (aneroid). |
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 | Torricellian tube barometer, p. 8. In: A treatise on the aneroid, a newly invented portable barometer .... by Edward J. Dent, 1790-1853. Published in 1849. Library Call Number QC896 .D46 1849. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Wheel barometer, p. 9. In: A treatise on the aneroid, a newly invented portable barometer .... by Edward J. Dent, 1790-1853. Published in 1849. Library Call Number QC896 .D46 1849. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Aneroid barometer, p. 22. In: A treatise on the aneroid, a newly invented portable barometer .... by Edward J. Dent, 1790-1853. Published in 1849. Library Call Number QC896 .D46 1849. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Marine barometer, p. 10. In: A treatise on the aneroid, a newly invented portable barometer .... by Edward J. Dent, 1790-1853. Published in 1849. Library Call Number QC896 .D46 1849. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Figure 42. Hopfgartner and Arzberger sounder, devised by Lieutenant Franz von Hopfgartner of the Austrian Merchant Marine and Moriz Arzberger, a civil enginee r, this apparatus used the same principle as aneroid barometers which utilized the pressure difference between a wall, isolated or not, and the exterior medium . It was tested in 1876 in the Gulf of Trieste in depths up to 17 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 40. Aneroid barometer register for recording the pressure readings of an aneroid barometer. The aneroid barometer was invented by the French instrument -maker Lucien Vide in 1843. This register was constructed by the firm of Richard Brothers and described by Hippolyte Sebert in 1882 and appeared in the a notice put out by the firm in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 41. Aneroid barometer with register built by the firm of Richard Brothers. This model was meant for use on vessels. This particular instrument was used by Prince Albert I of Monaco on board the PRINCESS ALICE and PRINCESS ALICE II between 1892 and 1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ||
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| "Aneroid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aneroid" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aneroid": aneroid altimeter ♦ Aneroid barometer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aneroid barometer | 18 |
aneroid | 11 |
aneroid sphygmomanometer | 5 |
aneroid barometer diaphragm | 3 |
aneroid barometer mountain | 3 |
aneroid blood monitor pressure | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "aneroid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | barometër aneroid. (various references) | |
Arabic | لاسائلى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | барометър (barometer, glass, weatherglass). (various references) | |
Chinese | 风雨计. (various references) | |
Czech | aneroid. (various references) | |
Danish | aneroid-barometer (aneroid barometer), aneroidbarometer (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Dutch | aneroidebarometer (aneroid barometer), aneroïdecapsule, anaroïde meter (aneroid barometer), drukdoos, doosbarometer (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Finnish | aneroidibarometri (aneroid barometer), aneroidi (aneroid barometer), rasiailmapuntari (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
French | anéroïde. (various references) | |
German | Aneroiddose, Aneroidbarometer (aneroid barometer), Druckdose, Dosenbarometer (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Greek | κάψα κενού, βαρόμετρο άνευ υδραργύρου, μεταλλικό βαρόμετρο (aneroid barometer), αναεροειδές βαρόμετρο, τύμπανο κενού. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fémbarométer (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Italian | aneroide (aneroid barometer), altimetro aneroide (aneroid barometer), capsula aneroide, barometro aneroide (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アネロイド気圧計 (about, aneroid barometer, anode, anonym, anonymous, anorak, anorexia). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アネロイドきあつけい (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Manx | aneroidagh, aneroid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aneroiday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aneróide (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Romanian | aneroid. (various references) | |
Russian | анероидный, барометр (barometer, barrometer, glass, rain glass, rain-glass, weatherglass, weather-glass). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aneroid, barometar (barometer, weatherglass). (various references) | |
Spanish | aneroide. (various references) | |
Swedish | aneroidbarometer (aneroid barometer), aneoridbarometer (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งไม่ใช้ของเหลว. (various references) | |
Turkish | sıvısız barometre (aneroid barometer), kadranlı barometre (aneroid barometer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | барометр-анероїд. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aneroid": aneroids. (additional references) | |
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"Aneroid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeroit, Akeroyd, Anderida, anergia, aneroide, Anerood, aniridia, Anirudh, Annuario, Anurion, banerji, Panerai, panorpoid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: denari, dinero, inroad, ironed, ordain, rained, roadie. | |
-2 letters: adore, adorn, aider, aired, anode, aroid, danio, deair, denar, dinar, diner, drain, drone, irade, irone, nadir, noria, oared, oread, radio, radon, ranid, redan, redia, redon. | |
-3 letters: aeon, aero, aide, airn, arid, dare, darn, dean, dear, deni, dine, dire, doer, dona, done, dore, earn, idea, inro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: aneroids, arointed, debonair, ordained, ordainer, ordinate, organdie, radiomen, rationed, reordain. | |
+2 letters: androecia, arytenoid, bandolier, clarioned, coriander, dogearing, girandole, grandiose, notarized, ordainers, ordinance, ordinates, organdies, organised, organized, pinafored, poniarded, predation, preordain, randomize, redaction, reloading, reordains, rhodamine, romanised, romanized. | |
+3 letters: achondrite, adenoviral, adenovirus, admonisher, adroitness, androecium, androgenic, antimodern, arytenoids, bandoliers, boundaries, broadening, brominated, carbonized, carotenoid, coordinate, cordwainer, corianders, corrigenda, deaconries, deaeration, debonairly, decorating, decoration, delineator, denigrator, derivation, derogating, derogation, designator, detraction, dormancies, endocardia, endometria, federation, foredating, foreordain, fornicated, fractioned, fricandoes, furanoside, garrisoned, girandoles, gormandise, gormandize, harmonised, harmonized, inordinate, intermodal, internodal, intradoses, ironhanded, jargonized, jeoparding, linerboard, longhaired, meridional, moderating, moderation, monandries, mordancies, narcotized, nonadmirer, nonreading, normalised, normalized, ordainment, ordinances, ordinarier, ordinaries, orientated, originated, outreading, overdaring, overlading, palindrome, panbroiled, patronised, patronized, picarooned, predations, preordains, pyranoside, radiogenic, radiophone, radiosonde, randomized, randomizer, randomizes, rawinsonde, readopting, readorning, reanointed, reboarding, redactions, reobtained, reordained, rhodamines, scorpaenid. | |
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