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/ˈbalənɛt/ · noun
Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight..
An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […].
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Ballonet means Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight..
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An observation balloon, sausage-shaped and thickened at one end by small subsidiary ballonets, lifted itself, almost as though it were being hoisted by a series of pulls, out of one of the hollows beneath them […].
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