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

Derived Forms

• ˌaeroˈstatic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aerostat¹

First recorded in 1775–85; aero- + -stat

Word History and Origins

Origin of aerostat¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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