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Definition of Hot-air balloon
1. Noun. Balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air.
Definition of Hot-air balloon
1. Noun. A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air; it carries passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot-air Balloon
Literary usage of Hot-air balloon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aerospace Year Book (1919)
"Bartholomeo-Lourenco de Gusmao causes what is probably a hot-air balloon or ...
Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier used a hot-air balloon to lift a load. ..."
2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"... the principle of the inflammable-air balloon was fully understood on the basis
of weight, Cavendish's interest was directed to the hot-air balloon. ..."
3. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1879)
"Mr. Simmons remarked that the hot-air balloon seemed to ... The hot-air balloon
during inflation will give off sufficient heat from its surface to keep the ..."
4. The Romance of Aeronautics: An Interesting Account of the Growth by Charles Cyril Turner (1912)
"The advantage of the hot- air balloon was its small cost and its independence of
... On the other hand, a hot-air balloon must be made much larger than a ..."