aerostat

See also: aérostat

English

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

Translations
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See also

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
Declension of aerostat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) aerostat aerostatul (niște) aerostate aerostatele
genitive/dative (unui) aerostat aerostatului (unor) aerostate aerostatelor
vocative aerostatule aerostatelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aerostat m (Cyrillic spelling аеростат)

  1. aerostat
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