[air-uh-stat-iks] 
) | 1. | the branch of statics that deals with gases in equilibrium and with gases and bodies in the gases in equilibrium with one another. Compare aerodynamics. |
| 2. | the science of lighter-than-air aircraft. |
| aer·o·stat·ics (âr'ō-stāt'ĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The science of gases in equilibrium and of the equilibrium of balloons or aircraft under changing atmospheric flight conditions. |