aerostat
aerostat · aerostats
аеростат
аэростат, воздушный шар
An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy…An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
US/ˈɛɹoʊstˌæt/
Meaning
2 sensesAn aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
аэроста́тaerostát, аэроста́тaerostát, возду́шный шарvozdúšnyj šar
аероста́тaerostát
A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
aircraft:
Русский
By meaning 2
aircraft:
balloon:
Origin
Borrowed from French aérostat, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + στατός (statós, “stabBorrowed from French aérostat, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + στατός (statós, “stable”), equivalent to aero- + -stat.
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Forms
plural: aerostatsAntonyms
1 antonymslighter-than-air craft, with respect to its weight relationship with air:aerodyne