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Definition of Airship
1. Noun. A steerable self-propelled aircraft.
Specialized synonyms: Barrage Balloon, Blimp, Sausage, Sausage Balloon
Terms within: Car, Gondola
Generic synonyms: Lighter-than-air Craft
Specialized synonyms: Graf Zeppelin, Zeppelin
Derivative terms: Dirigible
Definition of Airship
1. Noun. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) Any aircraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airship
1. a lighter-than-air aircraft having propulsion and steering systems [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airship
Literary usage of Airship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"3165 A. The Vacuum airship. GJ Derb. Calls attention to a possible method ...
A review of progress in airship construction and of the fundamental theories. ..."
2. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1921)
"CERTIFICATES FOR airship OFFICER PILOTS Every airship officer pilot shall have
qualified as ... There shall be three classes of airship officer pilots. ..."
3. Everyday Arithmetic by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1920)
"Travel in an airship Before solving these problems, read them through ...
The first ascent in an airship took place in 1903; the first great race, in 1910. ..."
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