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aerostatic, a.|ˌeɪərəʊˈstætɪk, ˌɛərəʊ-|
[ad. Fr. aérostatique, f. Gr. ἀερο-, see aero-, + στατικ-ός causing to stand; f. vbl. root στα- stand.]
1. Of or pertaining to the balancing or weighing of air; pneumatic.
1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 83 Which [air] could not be thus accumulated..by any aerostatic laws at present known. 1828Kirby & Spence Entomol. III. xxxv. 591 A celebrated French writer seems to think their origin and structure aerostatic.
2. Of or connected with the navigation of the air; aeronautic.
1783(title) The Air Balloon: Or a Treatise on the ærostatic Globe lately invented by Mons. Montgolfier. 1785Cavallo Aerostation Pref., Thus the aerostat, or the aerostatic machine, is the general appellation of the flying instruments. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 255 Hydrogene gas is..well fitted for aerostatic purposes. 1849M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sc. xxxv. 381 The observations of MM. Biot and Gay Lussac during their aerostatic expedition. 1865C. H. Turnor Astra Castra vii. 258 The balloon..will be employed in various works of aerostatic photography, for which I was the first to take patents in France and abroad seven years ago. 1957Observer 17 Nov. 17/3 The author has a highly developed taste for aerostatic necrology. |