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nonrigid
[ non-rij-id ]
adjective
- not rigid.
- designating a type of airship having a flexible gas container without a supporting structure and held in shape only by the pressure of the gas within.
nonrigid
/ ɒˈɪɪ /
adjective
- not rigid; flexible
- (of the gas envelope of an airship) flexible and held in shape only by the internal gas pressure
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Some areas do offer plastic bag drop-offs, which send these nonrigid plastics to special facilities for recycling.
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Mathews, P. M., Herring, T. A. & Buffett, B. A. Modeling of nutation and precession: new nutation series for nonrigid Earth and insights into the Earth’s interior.
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A blimp is just one type of airship, usually a small one, and always nonrigid, meaning that it has no structural hull; its shape is maintained by the pressure of the lifting gas within.
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Advances in material technology made nonrigid airships the better design choice, in Boyd’s view.
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