nonrigid

[non-rij-id]

adjective

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.

Origin of nonrigid

First recorded in 1905–10; non- + rigid

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British Dictionary definitions for nonrigid

nonrigid

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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