aerostat
noun/ˈeərəstæt/
/ˈerəstæt/
(specialist)- an aircraft such as an airship or hot-air balloon that is filled with a gasWord Originlate 18th cent.: from French aérostat, from Greek aēr ‘air’ + statos ‘standing’.
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