aerostation

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French aérostation, from aérostat (“aerostat”) + -ion, after navigation. By surface analysis, aerostat +‎ -ion. ==== Noun ==== aerostation (countable and uncountable, plural aerostations) (uncountable, historical) Aerial navigation; the act or science of raising and guiding balloons in the air. (countable, historical) A flight or expedition by hot-air balloon. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (uncountable, obsolete, rare) The science of weighing air; aerostatics. === Etymology 2 === From aero- (“air”) +‎ station. ==== Noun ==== aerostation (plural aerostations) (countable, chiefly science fiction) A floating or elevated station. === References ===