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aerostation

/air-uh-stey-shuhn/US // ˌɛər əˈsteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˈɛərəˌsteɪʃən) //

航空站,空中站,空中楼阁,航空港

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Aeronautics.

    • : the science or art of operating aerostats.

Examples

  • Understand the difference between aviation and aerostation, and know the types of apparatus which come under these two heads.

  • The young man had drawn from his great coat a voluminous portfolio; it was a work on aerostation.

  • Meusnier's balloon, of course, was never constructed, but his ideas have been of value to aerostation up to the present time.

  • A few words, in explanation, will here be necessary for such of our readers as are not conversant with the details of aerostation.

  • One voyage made with the latter he describes as leading to the most perilous descent in the annals of aerostation.