aerostatics

  • 11aerostatics — aer·o·stat·ics || ‚eÉ™rəʊ stætɪks n. science of the equilibrium of floatable devices (i.e. air ballon, blimp, dirigible) …

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  • 12aerostatics — The consideration of conditions of equilibrium of a body at rest relative to the surrounding air (e.g., aerostats) …

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  • 13aerostatics — aero·stat·ics …

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  • 14aerostatics — aer•o•stat•ics [[t]ˌɛər əˈstæt ɪks[/t]] n. (used with a sing. v.) 1) aer. mec phs the science that deals with gases in equilibrium 2) aer. the science of lighter than air aircraft • Etymology: 1745–55 …

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  • 15aerostatics — /ɛərəˈstætɪks/ (say airruh statiks) noun 1. the science of the equilibrium of air and other gases, and of the equilibrium of bodies sustained in them. Compare aerodynamics (def. 1). 2. the science of lighter than air craft …

  • 16aerostatics — A branch of physical science dealing with the support which the air gives to objects therein …

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  • 17aerostatics — ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷iks noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: modification of New Latin aerostatica, from aer + statica statics : the branch of statics that deals with the equilibrium of gaseous fluids and of solid bodies immersed… …

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  • 18PROSKURA — RUSSIA (see also List of Individuals) 28.4.1876 Smela/RU 30.10.1958 Kharkov/RU Georgy Fedorovich Proskura was born in today s Cherkassy Oblast. He graduated in 1901 from the Moscow Higher Technical School. He collaborated then with the father of… …

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  • 19Leonardo Torres y Quevedo — (28 December 1852 ndash; 18 December 1936), usually Leonardo Torres Quevedo in Spanish speaking countries, was a Spanish engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Biography Torres was born on 28 December… …

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  • 20aviation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of flight Nouns 1. (science of flight) aviation, flight, flying; navigation, aerial navigation; aeronautics, aerodynamics, aerodonetics, aerostatics, avionics, rocketry; aerial navigation,… …

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