Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not rigid.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a lighter-than-air aircraft that holds its shape by gas pressure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Aeronautics) Not rigid; especially, designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure. Opposite of
rigid .
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- adjective not
rigid ;flexible - adjective of an airship That maintains its shape only by internal
gas pressure
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure
Etymologies
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Examples
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The key is to identify an activity that resonates for your child, and to have a nonrigid notion of the word sport.
Dr. Terri Orbuch: How to Raise an Athlete -- and Why You Should Dr. Terri Orbuch 2011
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"Voiced plosives," we're told, "are like rigid, elastic hits, and unvoiced plosives like nonrigid, inelastic hits."
A Sound Check For the Ages Daniel J. Levitin 2011
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The key is to identify an activity that resonates for your child, and to have a nonrigid notion of the word sport.
Dr. Terri Orbuch: How to Raise an Athlete -- and Why You Should Dr. Terri Orbuch 2011
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On this suggestion, since ˜Petrarch™ shares the content of the rigid description, it also shares the content of the nonrigid description.
Rigid Designators LaPorte, Joseph 2006
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˜Lumpl™ are nonrigid shorthand for descriptions like
Rigid Designators LaPorte, Joseph 2006
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Braces divide nonrigid rectangular areas into rigid triangular trusses.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Braces divide nonrigid rectangular areas into rigid triangular trusses.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Braces divide nonrigid rectangular areas into rigid triangular trusses.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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Braces divide nonrigid rectangular areas into rigid triangular trusses.
BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980
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As we flew over East Hampton on the following afternoon, we were surprised to see five fully inflated air-ships of the nonrigid Parseval type floating in the blue sky, like grim sentinels guarding the German fleet.
The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory Cleveland Moffett 1894
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