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kytoon

[kahy-toon]

noun

Meteorology.

  1. a captive balloon, combining the features of a balloon and a kite, used to maintain meteorological instruments at a fixed height.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kytoon1

1945–50 variant spelling of kite (in the sense “a light frame flown at the end of a string”) + (ball)oon

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