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Aerostatics
Aˊër-o-stat′ics
,Noun.
The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes aëronautics.
2.
The science of weighing air; aërostatics.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
aerostatics
aerostatics
English
Noun
aerostatics (uncountable)
- (physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions
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Translations
study of gases in equilibrium
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