aerostatics

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noun

the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounaerostatics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesthe study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  6. Englishaero-
  7. Englishstatics
  8. Englishaerostatics

From aero- + statics.

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Translations

Catalan aerostàtica
  • aerostàticastudy of gases in equilibrium
Dutch aerostatica
  • aerostaticastudy of gases in equilibrium
Finnish aerostatiikka
  • aerostatiikkastudy of gases in equilibrium
French aérostatique
  • aérostatiquestudy of gases in equilibrium
German Aerostatik
  • Aerostatikstudy of gases in equilibrium
Indonesian aerostatika
  • aerostatikastudy of gases in equilibrium
Irish aerastataic
  • aerastataicstudy of gases in equilibrium
Italian aerostatica
  • aerostaticastudy of gases in equilibrium
Polish aerostatyka
  • aerostatykastudy of gases in equilibrium
Portuguese aerostática
  • aerostáticastudy of gases in equilibrium
Spanish aerostática
  • aerostáticastudy of gases in equilibrium
Tagalog hangintigilan, buhagtigilan
  • hangintigilanstudy of gases in equilibrium
  • buhagtigilanstudy of gases in equilibrium
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APA

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Chicago

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