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单词 pilot balloon
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pilot balloon

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noun

a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.

Origin of pilot balloon

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby pilot balloon

Pilos, pilose, pilosebaceous, pilot, pilotage, pilot balloon, pilot bird, pilot biscuit, pilot boat, pilot burner, pilot cell
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Example sentences from the Web for pilot balloon

  • Still another device employed by meteorologists is the pilot-balloon.

    The Mentor: The Weather|Charles Fitzhugh Talman

British Dictionary definitions for pilot balloon

pilot balloon

noun

a meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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