- rigid dirigible airship
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Rigid airship — A rigid airship was a type of airship in which the envelope retained its shape by the use of an internal structural framework rather than by being forced into shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope as used in blimps and semi … Wikipedia
Airship — For other uses, see Airship (disambiguation). Dirigible redirects here. For the 1931 film, see Dirigible (film). Not to be confused with Balloon (aircraft) or Blimp. Airship … Wikipedia
airship — /air ship /, n. a self propelled, lighter than air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible. Cf. blimp. [1810 20, for an earlier sense; AIR1 + SHIP] * * * or dirigible Lighter than air aircraft with steering and… … Universalium
airship — Synonyms and related words: Graf Zeppelin, aerostat, ballonet, balloon, basket, blimp, car, catwalk, dirigible, dirigible balloon, envelope, gas chamber, gasbag, gondola, lighter than air craft, mooring harness, rigid airship, sandbag, semirigid… … Moby Thesaurus
rigid — rigidity, rigidness, n. rigidly, adv. /rij id/, adj. 1. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal. 2. firmly fixed or set. 3. inflexible, strict, or severe: a rigid disciplinarian; rigid rules of social behavior. 4 … Universalium
rigid airship — A type of dirigible that has a rigid framework to maintain its shape at all times. See airship … Aviation dictionary
rigid — /ˈrɪdʒəd / (say rijuhd) adjective 1. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard. 2. firmly fixed, set, or not moving. 3. inflexible, strict, or severe: a rigid discipline; a rigid disciplinarian. 4. rigorously strict regarding opinion or… …
rigid — rig•id [[t]ˈrɪdʒ ɪd[/t]] adj. 1) stiff; unyielding; not pliant: a rigid strip of metal[/ex] 2) firmly fixed or set 3) strict; severe: rigid rules[/ex] 4) exacting; rigorous: a rigid examination[/ex] 5) mec phs Mech. of or pertaining to a body in… … From formal English to slang
airship — A power driven, lighter than air steerable aircraft that consists of a streamlined envelope or hull containing helium gas, with an engine and a gondola suspended from it. The various types of airships are rigid, semirigid, and nonrigid. Today,… … Aviation dictionary
Hyperion airship — The Hyperion is a fictional 1907 French airship, featured in the 1974 Walt Disney film “The Island at the Top of the World.” Although the airship only occupies a relatively small amount of the overall length of the film, it plays a prominent role … Wikipedia
