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aerostat

noun

aero·​stat ˈer-ō-ˌstat How to pronounce aerostat (audio)
: a lighter-than-air aircraft (such as a balloon or blimp) compare aerodyne

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The signal from an aerostat -- used as a low altitude platform station (LAPS) -- is sufficient for tasks like internet browsing and email, says World Mobile. Tom Page, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022 Then a tether rope was cut and the aerostat soared up at a 60 degree angle to the applause and cheers of the throng. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021 The imaging system, dubbed the MX-15, attached to the underbelly of the aerostat was roughly the size of a beach ball. Annie Jacobsen, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021 Things are looking good: The sun and a waning gibbous moon compete for attention in a nearly cloudless sky, and an aerostat tethered close to the pad registers almost no wind. Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 19 Dec. 2019 The aerostat is part of the JLENS surveillance system, designed detect low-flying Russian cruise missiles fired from submarines against the Eastern Seaboard. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2015 Predators and aerostats, for instance, cannot fly in thunderstorms or high winds. Ron Nixon, New York Times, 20 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French aérostat, probably back-formation from aérostatique "of aerostatics," with -stat (after héliostat heliostat) taken as the Greek agentive element -statēs "one who causes to stand" — more at -stat

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aerostat was in 1784
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