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PILOT BALLOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot balloon mean?
• PILOT BALLOON (noun)
The noun PILOT BALLOON has 1 sense:
1. meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
Familiarity information: PILOT BALLOON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pilot balloon" is a kind of...):
meteorological balloon (a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions)
Context examples
A two-way valve designed to control the pressure in an endotracheal tube cuff as introduced through a pilot balloon.
(Pilot Balloon Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
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