teardrop balloon
teardrop balloon
[′tir‚dräp bə′lün] (aerospace engineering)
A sounding balloon which, when operationally inflated, resembles an inverted teardrop; this shape was determined primarily by aerodynamic considerations of the problem of obtaining maximum stable rates of a balloon ascension.
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