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nonrigid

American

[non-rij-id] / nɒnˈrɪdʒ ɪd /

adjective

not rigid.
designating a type of airship having a flexible gas container without a supporting structure and held in shape only by the pressure of the gas within.

nonrigid British

/ nɒnˈrɪdʒɪd /

adjective

not rigid; flexible
(of the gas envelope of an airship) flexible and held in shape only by the internal gas pressure

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Etymology

Origin of nonrigid

First recorded in 1905–10; non- + rigid

Example Sentences

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Some areas do offer plastic bag drop-offs, which send these nonrigid plastics to special facilities for recycling.

From New York Times • May 29, 2018

A blimp is just one type of airship, usually a small one, and always nonrigid, meaning that it has no structural hull; its shape is maintained by the pressure of the lifting gas within.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

Anything less—the nonrigid Airlander, the LMH-1—was a partial solution.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

Blimps are nonrigid airships; the Navy planned to create rigid airships.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2015

It was the first new nonrigid airship Lakehurst had had in many a moon.

From Time Magazine Archive

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