Definitions for ballonets

ballonets bal·lo·net

Spelling: [bal-uh-ney]
IPA: /ˌbæl əˈneɪ/

Ballonets is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 588 anagrams from letters in ballonets (abellnost).

Definitions for ballonets

noun

  1. an air or gasbag compartment in a balloon or airship, used to control buoyancy and maintain shape.

Origin of ballonets

From French, dating back to 1900-05; See origin at balloon, -et

Examples for ballonets

It had an internal air-bag or ballonet whose capacity was one-fifth that of the envelope.

There are two noteworthy innovations in connection with the ballonet.

It appears to be rearing up on end, as if the extremity saddled with the ballonet were weighted.

(p. 067) The balloon frame was divided into seventeen compartments, each of which held a ballonet filled with hydrogen gas.

The magneto was run by a belt from one of the ballonet blowers.

Special features is a "belly" of Para rubber in lieu of a ballonet.

The air pump, which should have pumped the ballonet full of air to keep the balloon rigid failed to work.

The wind blowing against the opening, which faces it, charges the ballonet with air.

ballonet, filled by a separate motor giving 7.5 inches of water pressure.

Word Value for ballonets
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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