rigid
Construction of USS Shenandoah, a rigid (sense 1), showing her internal framework.
Meanings
Adjective
Noun
- An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
Related
Similar words
- Zeppelin (broad sense)
Narrower meaning words
- Zeppelin (narrow sense)
Broader meaning words
Origin
- From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus, from rigeĊ. Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged, from ridge + -ed.
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