Meaning of Rigid | Babel Free
ˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪdDefinitions
- 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.
Equivalents
Examples
“The rigid could reach⟳ the greatest sizes and speeds of any airship, but was expensive to build⟳ and bulky to store. Rigids fell out of favor after the R101 and Hindenburg disasters made the type⟳ seem unsafe to the travelling public.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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