Definitions for airship
ˈɛərˌʃɪpair·ship

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. airship, dirigiblenoun

   a steerable self-propelled aircraft

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1. airshipnoun

   A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

   Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.

2. airshipnoun

   Any aircraft.

   On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.

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1. Airship

   An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. In early dirigibles, the lifting gas used was hydrogen, due to its high lifting capacity and ready availability. Helium gas has almost the same lifting capacity and is not flammable, unlike hydrogen, but is rare and relatively expensive. Significant amounts were first discovered in the United States and for a while helium was only available for airships in that country. Most airships built since the 1960s have used helium, though some have used hot air.The envelope of an airship may form the gasbag, or it may contain a number of gas-filled cells. An airship also has engines, crew, and optionally also payload accommodation, typically housed in one or more gondolas suspended below the envelope. The main types of airship are non-rigid, semi-rigid, and rigid. Non-rigid airships, often called "blimps", rely on internal pressure to maintain their shape. Semi-rigid airships maintain the envelope shape by internal pressure, but have some form of supporting structure, such as a fixed keel, attached to it. Rigid airships have an outer structural framework that maintains the shape and carries all structural loads, while the lifting gas is contained in one or more internal gasbags or cells. Rigid airships were first flown by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and the vast majority of rigid airships built were manufactured by the firm he founded, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. As a result, rigid airships are often called zeppelins.Airships were the first aircraft capable of controlled powered flight, and were most commonly used before the 1940s; their use decreased as their capabilities were surpassed by those of aeroplanes. Their decline was accelerated by a series of high-profile accidents, including the 1930 crash and burning of the British R101 in France, the 1933 and 1935 storm-related crashes of the twin airborne aircraft carrier U.S. Navy helium-filled rigids, the USS Akron and USS Macon respectively, and the 1937 burning of the German hydrogen-filled Hindenburg. From the 1960s, helium airships have been used where the ability to hover for a long time outweighs the need for speed and manoeuvrability, such as advertising, tourism, camera platforms, geological surveys and aerial observation.

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1. airship

   An airship, also known as a dirigible or blimp, is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms. It is usually long and cylindrical shape, and filled with a gas, such as helium or hot air, that is less dense than the surrounding air. Airships are often used for advertising, sightseeing, and research purposes, and historically, were also used for transportation.

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1. Airship

   An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms. Unlike aerodynamic aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, which produce lift by moving a wing through the air, aerostatic aircraft stay aloft by having a large "envelope" filled with a gas which is less dense than the surrounding atmosphere. The first lifting gas used was hydrogen, although this had well-known concerns over its flammability. Helium was rare in most parts of the world, but large amounts were discovered in the USA. This meant that this non-flammable gas was rarely used for airships outside of the USA. All modern airships, since the 1960s, use helium. The main types of airship are non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid. Blimps are pressure airships where internal pressure, maintained by forcing air into an internal ballonet, is used to maintain both the shape of the airship and its structural integrity. Semi-rigid airships maintain the envelope shape by internal pressure, but have some form of internal support such as a fixed keel to which control and engine gondolas, stabilizers, and steering surfaces are mounted. Rigid airships have a structural framework which maintains the shape and carries all loads such as gondolas and engines. The framework contains numerous balloons, known as "gas cells" or "gasbags" which supply static lift without having to bear any structural loading. Rigid airships are often called Zeppelins, as the type was invented by Count Zeppelin and the vast majority of rigid airships built were manufactured by the firm he founded.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of airship in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of airship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of airship in a Sentence

1. Romain Schlack:

   Each airship will be filled with 180,000 cubic meters of helium.

2. Goodyear Vice President Pierre Jambon:

   Lighter-than-air seems to be a category of aircraft that captures people's imaginations, it's peaceful; it's slow; it's a wonderful experience. Will there be an airship renaissance? Anything is possible, but I wouldn't predict that.

3. Barry Prentice:

   There’s no such thing as a small airship.

4. Goodyear Vice President Pierre Jambon:

   It's peaceful; it's slow; it's a wonderful experience. Will there be an airship renaissance? Anything is possible, but I wouldn't predict that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=airship
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Airship
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=airship