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to percciv the state of the air or atmosfere; susceptibility to atmosfenc conditions, such as insects, snails and certain other animals are supposed to possess; the sense of aeros- copy.

aeroscope 'ee-3z9,skop n. [also spelt aeroscope] an apparatus for collecting microscopic objects from the air, consisting of an inspirator and a glass collecting^vessel smeard with glycerin.

aeroscopic ,ee-3Z9'skepik adj. [also spelt aeroscopic] per- taining to or expressing aerescopy.

aeroscopy ,ee-3'zesk9-pi n. [also spelt aeroscopy]

1. divination by means of the air; wether^prefecy.

2. examination or observation of the atmosfere; the practis of meteorology.

3. (in zoology) the exercise of the faculty of aeroscepsy. aerosiderite ^e-aza'sida^ait n. [also spelt aerosiderite] a

meteorite consisting essentially of metallic iron. aerosiderolite ,ee-9z9'sid3Z3,lait. [also spelt aerosidero-

lite] a meteorite containing both stone and iron. aerosphere 'ee-9z3,sfi:z. [also spelt aerosphere, aerosfere]

the body of air which surrounds the earth; the aerial globe;

the entire atmosfere. aerostat 'ee-3Z9,staet n, [also spelt aerostat'}

1. an apparatus which will float or sustain itself in the air; specifically, a balloon or a lighter^than^air airship.

2. (rare) an aeronaut; a balloonist.

3. (rare) a tjacheal dilatation constituting an air^sac, as in the abdomen of the honey-bee.

aerostatic ,ee-3z-9'staetik adj. [also spelt aerostatic]

1. pertaining to aerostatics (sense i).

aerostatic balance, an instrument, constructed on the same principle as the barometer, for ascertaining the weight of the air.

2. pertaining to aerostatics (sense 2) or aerostation ; aero- nautic.

aerostatic park, a balloon^park. aerostatica ,ee-3Z9'staeti-k3 n. [also spelt aerostatical same

meaning as aerostatics. aerostatical ,ee-3r9'st3eti-k9l adj. [also spelt aero static all

same meaning as aerostatic. aerostatics ,ee-3Z3'st3etiks n. [also spelt aerostatics']

1. the statics of the air and other gases; the science of aeriform or gaseous matter in equilibrium.

2. the art of ballooning; aerostation; balloonry. aerostation ,ee-9z9'stee-$9n n. [also spelt aerostation}

1. (obsolete) aerostatics (sense i).

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