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aerostatic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪəɹə(ʊ)ˈstætɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English aerostatic From aero- + static. Compare French aérostatique.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
   • Hydrostatic and aerostatic guides are widely applied to precision feed tables, since their motion is accurate due to the lack of friction and wearing. 2008, Norberto Lopez de Lacalle, Machine Tools for High Performance Machining, page 384:
   • Atmospheric flight is dominated by the presence of atmospheric forces, which can be divided into aerostatic and aerodynamic categories. 2007, Ashish Tewari, Atmospheric and Space Flight Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation with MATLAB:
   • I have very much improved my mechanical combinations, for the navigation of the air and water by hydrostatic and aerostatic forces. 1828, “Mr. Genet's Remars on Dr. Jones' Animadversions”, in American Journal of Science, volume 13, page 377:
2. Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
   • The general term for the machines used in this kind of navigation, is that of aërostats, or aërostatic machines; but those which are of a spherical figure, and filled with gas, are better known by the name of air-balloons. 1828, James Smith, The Panorama of Science and Art:

Forms

Deriveds

aerostatically

Translations (4)

pl aerostatyczny (pertaining to aerial navigation) · eo aerostata (pertaining to aerial navigation) · it aerostatico (pertaining to aerial navigation) · io aerostatala (pertaining to aerial navigation)