Definition of balloon

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Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

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Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..
Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..
Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..
Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..
Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..
Hydrogen :: Hydrogen (n.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..
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