aerostat

Borrowed from French aérostat, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + στατός (statós, “stable”), equivalent to aero- +‎ -stat.

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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).

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

• aerodyne
• airship

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

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.stat/

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• Rhymes: -ɔstat
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧stat

aerostat m inan

1. aerostat

• aerostat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aerostat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aerostat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aerostat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 10
• aerostat in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French aérostat.

aerostat n (plural aerostate)

1. aerostat

ȁerostāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̏ероста̄т)

1. aerostat