Translations for dirigible in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

dirigible [Brit ˈdɪrɪdʒɪb(ə)l, Am ˈdɪrədʒəb(ə)l, dəˈrɪdʒəb(ə)l] N

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dirigible, airship

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The 103rd floor was originally a landing platform with a dirigible gangplank. en.wikipedia.org

The designer felt that using compressed helium would provide additional buoyancy, requiring less volume than an unpressurized dirigible. en.wikipedia.org

Typical airship reports involved unidentified lights, but more detailed accounts reported ships comparable to a dirigible. en.wikipedia.org

His first patented invention was the statoscope which showed whether a balloon or dirigible was ascending or descending. en.wikipedia.org

Work on developing a steerable (or dirigible) balloon (now called an airship) continued sporadically throughout the 19th century. en.wikipedia.org

If the dirigible displaces exactly its weight, it hovers at a constant altitude. en.wikipedia.org

The same is true for vessels in air: a dirigible that weighs 100 tons needs to displace 100 tons of air. en.wikipedia.org

The dirigible, or airship, was developed in the early 20th century. en.wikipedia.org

The plan was to use an antenna held aloft by a helium balloon - an inflatable dirigible tethered to the deck. en.wikipedia.org

The dirigible crashes into the city wall, breaking it down to reveal the surrounding land for the first time in centuries. en.wikipedia.org

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