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Aerostatics

Aˊër-o-stat′ics

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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.]

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aerostatics

aerostatics

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Noun

aerostatics (uncountable)

  1. (physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

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