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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Aërostation

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01 n. That part of aëronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
  1. 1.
    That part of aëronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
  2. 2.
    The science of weighing air; aërostatics.[Obs.]