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aerostat|ˈeɪərəʊˌstæt, ˈɛərəstæt|
[a. Fr. aérostat, f. Gr. ἀερο-, see aero-, + στατ-ός standing, f. vbl. root στα- stand.]
1. a. A balloon or other machine capable of supporting weight in the air. (The original name.)
1784Europ. Mag. VI. 384 The first aerostat filled with inflammable air ascended from the Thuilleries on the 1st of December 1783. 1785Cavallo Aerost. i. v. 82 This paper aerostat rose rapidly into the atmosphere. 1895Knowledge 2 Dec. 276/2 Suppose an aërostat came overhead on warlike deeds intent, carrying dynamite missiles.
b. A generic term for lighter-than-air aircraft.
1906Sci. Amer. 8 Sept. 175/1 ‘Aerostat’..applies merely to the ordinary balloon. 1909C. C. Turner Aerial Navig. To-day 309 Aerostat, balloons of any form, as distinct from heavier-than-air aerial machines. 1919W. B. Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 54 Aerostat, a generic term for any type of aircraft which derives its lift chiefly from aerostatic forces. 1950Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) i. 7 Lighter-than-air aircraft (Aerostat: not the preferred term).
2. An aeronaut or balloonist. (In quots. 1870, 1871, repr. Fr. aérostier.)
1788R. Bage James Wallace (1824) 392/1 Simon the magician, the first aerostat upon record. 1806M. Edgeworth Leonora II. lxv. 109 To mount with a friend in a balloon, amid crowds of spectators, who..applaud the courage of the aërostats. 1870Daily News 4 Oct., The aërostat who brought from Paris the second balloon despatches. 1871Ibid. 3 Jan., Improvised aerostats who, with commendable courage, undertook a perilous task. |