nonrigid
Americanadjective
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not rigid.
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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.
adjective
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not rigid; flexible
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(of the gas envelope of an airship) flexible and held in shape only by the internal gas pressure
Etymology
Origin of nonrigid
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
Anything less—the nonrigid Airlander, the LMH-1—was a partial solution.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
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
Blimps are nonrigid airships; the Navy planned to create rigid airships.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2015
Kas are blimps, nonrigid airships, capable of patrolling an area of 2,000 square miles of ocean every twelve hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
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