DICTIONARY OF AVIATION
��aeroclinoscope ,ee-9za'ktai-n9,skop w. [also spelt aerocli- noscope\ a wether^signal consisting of a vertical axis with movable arms either of which may be raised or deprest ac- cording to the increase or decrease of the barometric pres- sure in the quarter to tuhich it points, thus showing the di- rection of the wind and state of the wether to be expected.
aero-club 'ee-9-zp,ki.Ab n. [also spelt aerotdub, aero club] a club devoted to aeronautics; an aviation^society.
aerocondenser ,ee-3Z3-k3n'dens9z n. [also spelt aerocon- denser] a system of tubes thru tuhich the steam in a steams; engin is past and condenst into water by circulation of the outer air around the tubes.
aerocruiser 'ee-9Z9,ksou-s3z n. [also spelt aerocruiser] a cruiser of the air; an airship used for cruising.
aerocurve 'ee-99,kB:zv n. [also spelt aerocurve, aerocurv]
1. a curvd aerofoil; a thin mobile structure, natural or artificial, adapted to sustentation and presenting a curvd surface to the air.
2. a flyingsmachine or glider in ichich the sustaining^sur- faces are aerocurvs; a soarmg^machine with curvd sup- porting^surf aces ; an aerocurv flyer.
aerocyst 'ee-9z9,sist n. [also spelt aerocysi} in plants, an air-vessel or bladder; an air-cell.
aerodock 'ee-3Z9,dGk n. [also spelt aerodock] a deck for air- ships; an airship^shed.
aerodone 'ee-3^,don n. [also spelt aerodone] a gliding* or soarmgsmachine, especially one which is destitute of pro- pelling^apparatus or auxiliary parts.
aerodonetic ^e-a-zo-da'netik adj. of aerodones, etc.
aerodonetics ^ee-a-zo-da'netiks n. [also spelt aerodonetics] the science of aerodones, or gliders and soarers; know- ledge of aerodromes, birds, insects, and other flyers or fly- ing creatures, in flight; that portion of aerodremics or aviation not included in the aerodynamics of flight; the study of soaring flight.
aerodrome 'ee-aza/lrom n. [also spelt aerodrome'}
1. a gliding? or soanng^machine, especially the tandem monoplane invented by S. P. Langley and successfully tested by him near Washington, D. C., in 1896; a powers driven aerodone; a f lying^machine ; an aeroplane; a flyer.
2. a house or shed for storing an airship; a balloon?shed ; an airship^garage.
3. a course, tack, or ground where airships or flyers are tested or flown; an aviation^course; a flying^ground.
aerodromic ^e-sza'dremik adj. [also spelt aerodromic] of aerodromes.
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