different between aerostat vs nacelle

English

Noun

aerostat (plural aerostats)

1. An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
2. A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).

Antonyms

• (lighter-than-air craft, with respect to its weight relationship with air): aerodyne

Related terms

• aerostatic

Translations

See also

• aerodyne
• airship

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.??r?.stat/

Noun

aerostat m inan

1. aerostat

Declension

Related terms

• aerostatyka
• aerostatyczny
• aerostatycznie

Further reading

• aerostat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French aérostat

Noun

aerostat n (plural aerostate)

1. aerostat

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aerostat m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. aerostat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nacelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??s?l/

Noun

nacelle (plural nacelles)

1. A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
2. The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
3. The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
4. The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
5. (obsolete) A small boat.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French nacele (“small boat”), from Late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis (“boat”). Doublet of navicelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.s?l/

Noun

nacelle f (plural nacelles)

1. (literary) skiff
2. gondola (of hot-air balloon etc.)
3. pod (of spacecraft)
4. cradle

Related terms

• naval
• navire
• nef

Further reading

• “nacelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).