aerostat

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See also: aérostat

English

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Noun

aerostat (plural aerostats)

  1. An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Venus:
      With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts.
  2. A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “lighter-than-air craft, with respect to its weight relationship with air”): aerodyne

Derived terms

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérostat.[1] By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -stat. First attested in 1784.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.stat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔstat
  • Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧stat

Noun

aerostat m inan

  1. aerostat

Declension

Declension of aerostat
singular plural
nominative aerostat aerostaty
genitive aerostatu aerostatów
dative aerostatowi aerostatom
accusative aerostat aerostaty
instrumental aerostatem aerostatami
locative aerostacie aerostatach
vocative aerostacie aerostaty
adjective
nouns

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aerostat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Pamiętnik historyczno-polityczny przypadków, ustaw, osób, mieysc, i pism wiek nasz szczególniey interessuiących‎ (in Polish), 1784, page 1194

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérostat.

Noun

aerostat n (plural aerostate)

  1. aerostat

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative aerostat aerostatul aerostate aerostatele
genitive-dative aerostat aerostatului aerostate aerostatelor
vocative aerostatule aerostatelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aerostat m (Cyrillic spelling аеростат)

  1. aerostat
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