aeroscepsy

’ce-oza,skeps i n. [also spelt aégroscepsy] ability DICTIONARY OF AVIATION if to percciv the state of the air or atmosfere; susceptibility to atmosferre conditions, such as insects, snails and certain other animals are supposed to po e ; the sense of a eres copy. aeroscope ‘ze-9z2,skop 1. [also spelt aéroscope] an apparatus for collecting microscopic ebjects from the air, consisting of an mspirator and a gla collecting-ve el smeard with glycerin. aeroscopic,ce-azo’skeprk adj. [also spelt aéroscopic] pertaining to or expre ing a eres copy. aeros copy,fe-o’zesko-pi. [also spelt aéroscopy] 4. divination by means of the air; wetherzprefecy. 2. examination or ebservation of the atmosfere; the practis of meteorology. 3. (an zoology) the exercise of the faculty of aeroscepsy. aerosiderite,e¢-azo’stdo,ait n. [also spelt aérosiderite] a meteorite consisting e entially of metallzce iron. aero siderolite,cc-azo’sidazajatt n. [also spelt aérosiderolite] a meteorite containrtng both stone and iron. aerosphere ’ce-aza,sf1:z ”. [also spelt aérosphere, aerosfere] the body of air which surrounds the earth; the aerial globe; the entire atmosfere. aerostat ‘ce-oza,stet n. [also spelt aérost at] 4. an apparatus which will float or sustain itself in the air; specifically, a balloon or a lighterzthanzair airship. 2. (rare) an aeronaut; a balloonist. 3. (rare) a tracheal dilatation constituting an airzsac, as in the abdomen of the honeybee. aerostatic,ce-azo’stettk adj. [also spelt aérostatic] 4. pertaining to aerostatics (sense 1). aerostatic balance, an instrument, constructed on the same principle as the bare meter, for ascertaining the weight of the air. 2. pertaining to aerostatics (sense 2) or aerostation; aeronautrc. aerostatic park, a balloon-park. aerostatic a,ce-azo’stet i-ko n. [also spelt aérostatica] same meaning as aerostatics. aerostatical,ce-azo/stet1-kat adj. [also spelt aérost a tical] same meaning as aerostatic. aero statices _,ce-azo’stetrks n. [also spelt aérostatics] 4. the statics of the air and other gases; the science of aerzferm or gaseous matter in equilibrium. 2. the art of ballooning; aerostation; balloonry. aerostation,cce-oza’stee-fon n. [also spelt aérost at i on] 4. (obsolete) aerostatics (sense 1). 2. the art or practrs of using or managing aerostats; aerial navigation; ballooning. aero-surface ‘ce-9z9,sezfts n. a material surface, as in a kite, used for aerial sustention or the like; an aeroferl. aero therapeutics,cc-9z9-Geo’pcuu-tiks. [also spelt aérotherapeutics] the treatment of disease by varying the pre ure and modifying the cemposttion of the air surrounding the patient. aerotube ‘ce-2zo,tcuub 2. [also spelt aérotube] a proposed flying-machine of the aeroplane type with tubular sustaining-surfaces designed by W. Pars of Seattle, Washington. aero yacht ‘cc-azo,jet. [also spelt aéroyacht] an aerial yacht; a fancied airship of the racing or cruising type; a plesurezship of the air. aery ’ce-9-zz adj. [also spelt aerie] airy, aerial; ethereal. aery ’e:-z1, ‘t:-zx 1. [also spelt aerie; synonymous cegnates airy, eyry, eyrie; ploral aeries] 4. 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 sttuation. aery ’e:-zr inti. bild or have an aery. afflux ‘x,fraks n. a flowing to or toward, as of air; affluxion; inflow: the oppos it of efflux. afloat 0’froot adv. in a floating or suspended condition; buoyd up or sustaind in or en a fluid; in stable or moving equilibrium in the air.. aft a:ft adv. 1m or near the hinder part or stern of an airship; toward the stern. fore and aft, from the fore toward the after part or vice vers a; lengthwise; longitudinally. after ’a:f-toz adj. located sn the rear; as, the *after side of a bird’s fether; also, sttuated nearer the stern or hinder portion of an airship; belengrng to the sternward part. after-car ’a:f-toz,ka:z n. the car situated toward the aden the hindermost car in an airship having two cars. after-cell ‘a:f-tai,sol n. the rear or hinder cell of a ena lar kite. afterglow ’a:f-tai,gloo n. the glow often seen in the western sky after sunset. after part ‘a:f-toz,pa:it n. the after or hinder part, as of an airshrp; the rear portion; the stern. aftershaft ‘a:f-toz,Sa:ft n. a supplementary shaft or fether growing out of the stem of a bird’s fether; a hyporachzs* a hypeptzlum. compare foreglow. aileron ‘ee-t1,zen mn. a Irttle wing or wing-like part; a hinged wingtip in an aeroplane for maintaining lateral balance; a stabzlizing-plane; a balancing-plane.