Audio English.net » Dictionary » N » Nonracial ... Nonsurgical

NONRIGID

Dictionary entry overview: What does nonrigid mean?

• NONRIGID (adjective)
The adjective NONRIGID has 1 sense:

1. designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure

Familiarity information: NONRIGID used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NONRIGID (adjective)

Sense 1

nonrigid ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure

Domain category:

aeronautics; astronautics (the theory and practice of navigation through air or space)

Antonym:

rigid (designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen." (English proverb)

"Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins." (Native American proverb, Cheyenne)

"Wherever there's cheese, work there." (Armenian proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)

Page delivered in 0.0888 seconds