aerostatics

/air-uh-stat-iks/US // ˌɛər əˈstæt ɪks //UK // (ˌɛərəˈstætɪks) //

空气动力学,空气动力学,航空学,空气动力

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the branch of statics that deals with gases in equilibrium and with gases and bodies in the gases in equilibrium with one another.Compare aerodynamics.
- : the science of lighter-than-air aircraft.

Aeronautics is divided into two fundamentally different branches—aviatics and aerostatics.
The invention of the barometer enabled men to extend the principles of mechanics to the atmosphere; and Aerostatics existed.
Of late he had resumed his study of aerostatics, and was constructing another flying-machine.
In aviation no less than in aerostatics the record of the United States is negligible.
He had the combination of two of the sections of pigeonholes, aerostatics and intelligence.