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 12 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

2. the art or practis of using or managing aerostats; aerial navigation; ballooning.

aero-surface 'ee-9Z3,sBfis n. a material surface, as in a kite, used for aerial sustention or the like; an aerofeil.

aerotherapeuties ,ee-9Z9-6ee:9'pc,uu-tiks n. [also spelt aero- therapeutics'} the treatment of disease by varying the pres- sure and modifying the composition of the air surrounding the patient.

aerotube 'ee-9Z3,tc,uub n. [also spelt aerotube] a proposed flying^machine of the aeroplane type with tubular sustain- ing^surfaces designed by W. Pars of Seattle, Washington.

aeroyacht 'ee-3Z3,jet n. [also spelt aeroyacht] an aerial yacht; a fancied airship of the racing or cruising type; a plesure^ship of the air.

aery 'ee-3-zi adj. [also spelt aerie] airy, aerial; ethereal.

aery 'e:-zi, 'i:-zi n. [also spelt aerie; synonymous cognates airy, eyry, eyrie', ploral aeries]

1. the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk; a lefty nest of any large bird.

2. the brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey.

3. an elevated habitation of situation. aery 'e:-zi intr. bild or have an aery.

afflux 'se,ftAks n. a flowing to or toward, as of air; af- fluxion ; inflow : the epposit of efflux.

afloat a'ftoot adv. in a floating or suspended condition ; budyd up or sustaind in or en a fluid; in stable or moving equilibrium in the air.

aft a: ft adv. in or near the hinder part or stern of an air- ship; toward the stern.

fore and aft, from the fore toward the after part or vice versa; lengthwise; longitudinally. ^

after 'a:f-t9z adj. located in the rear; as, the *after side of a bird's f ether; also, situated nearer the stern or hinder por- tion of an airship; belonging to the sternward part.

after-car 'a:f-t9z,ka:z n. the car situated toward the stern; the hindermost car in an airship having two cars.

after-cell 'a:f-t9z,sel n. the rear or hinder cell of a cellu- lar kite.

afterglow 'a:f-t9z,gloo n. the glow often seen in the western sky after sunset.

afterpart 'a:f-t9?,pa:zt n. the after or hinder part, as of an airship; the rear portion; the stern.

aftershaft 'a:f-t9z,$a:ft n. a supplementary shaft or fether growing out of the stem of a bird's fether; a hyporachis; a hypoptilum. compare foreglow.

aileron 'ee-h,zen n. a little wing or wing^like part; a

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