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dirigible

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1. dirigible - Noun

2. dirigible - Adjective

3. dirigible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I've never made a flight in an airplane, and I don't know that I'm particularly anxious to. I would, though, like to take a trip in a dirigible. Bring one out here some time, won't you, Doctor Eckener, and give me a ride? Henry Ford

Dirigible Airships were originally called dirigible balloons from the Latin dirigere, meaning to direct or steer. Source: Internet

During this period, Tsiolkovsky began working on a problem that would occupy much of his time during the coming years: an attempt to build an all-metal dirigible that could be expanded or shrunk in size. Source: Internet

Orange might seem to pair as well with nature as polka dots on plaid, but it comes off as genius against other contemporary proposals, like painting the bridge aluminum the "beauty of a dirigible aircraft." Source: Internet

Including the initial and final trips between Friedrichshafen and Lakehurst and back, the dirigible had travelled convert. Source: Internet

No dirigible shall be kept." Source: Internet

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