Definitions for aerostat
ˈɛər əˌstætaero·stat

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1. aerostatnoun

   An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.

2. aerostatnoun

   A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6km).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aerostatnoun

   a balloon

2. Aerostatnoun

   a balloonist; an aeronaut

3. Etymology: [F. arostat, fr. Gr. air + placed. See Statics.]

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1. Aerostat

   An aerostat is a craft that remains aloft primarily through the use of buoyant lighter than air gases, which impart lift to a vehicle with nearly the same overall density as air. Aerostats include free balloons, airships, and tethered balloons. An aerostat's main structural component is its envelope, a lightweight skin containing a lifting gas to provide buoyancy, to which other components are attached. One of the most recent deployments of an aerostat was seen at the opening ceremony of the nineteenth 2010 Commonwealth Games, held in Delhi, India. The aerostat used in the ceremony was the largest in the world. Aerostats are so named because they use "aerostatic" lift which is a buoyant force that does not require movement through the surrounding air mass. This contrasts with aerodynes that primarily use aerodynamic lift which requires the movement of at least some part of the aircraft through the surrounding air mass.

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1. Aerostat

   ā′ėr-o-stat, n. a machine formed to sustain weights in the air: a flying machine—sometimes applied in the newspapers to the aeronaut himself.—adj. Aerostat′ic—n. Aerostā′tion, the art of raising and guiding balloons. [Gr. aēr, aeros, air, and statos, standing—histēmi, I cause to stand.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aerostat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aerostat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of aerostat in a Sentence

1. Philip Goldberg:

   We will add to its capability to put sensors on ships and put an aerostat blimp in the air to see into the maritime space.

2. Chet Nagle:

   That system has been excruciatingly tested, successfully, at White Sands, against simulated targets, real targets, and it does the job it was designed to do, they'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system.

3. Chet Nagle:

   They'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system, the fact of the matter remains, the threat that this system was designed to counter hasn't gone away.

4. Mikhail Talesnikov:

   They wanted to buy some kind of small aerostat and asked for broad cooperation.

5. Navy Captain Scott Miller:

   The remainder of the aerostat has also grounded itself in Montour County.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aerostat
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aerostat
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aerostat
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=aerostat