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aerostat

[ air-uh-stat ]

noun

  1. any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.


aerostat

/ ˈɛərəˌstæt /

noun

  1. a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌaeroˈstatic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aerostat1

First recorded in 1775–85; aero- + -stat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aerostat1

C18: from French aérostat, from aero- + Greek -statos standing
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Example Sentences

Then other lashings were made while the great aerostat plunged about like a wounded leviathan.

Then the aerostat, as the great bag is called, was unrolled and spread evenly over this.

There isn't as much of that aerostat left as would make a pocket-handkerchief or a walking-stick.

Ten minutes later the aerostat was released from her moorings and rose swiftly and vertically into the air.

I am going back to the aerostat, and I dare not leave you boys behind.

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