Dirigible
['dɪrɪdʒɪb(ə)l]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.
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Definition
adj. that can be directed.—adj. Dir′igent directing.
Typed by Billie
Examples
- Germany meantime was intensely interested in Count Zeppelin’s dirigible balloons, which, although as long as a battle-ship, had flown with great success. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown made the first non-stop flight June 15th; and the British dirigible, R-34, made the first round-trip, leaving Scotland on July 2d. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is a dirigible submarine torpedo operated by electricity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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