English
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Noun
en-noun
- A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
#:Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.
- informal Any aircraft.
#:On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
Translations
trans-top|A lighter-than-air aircraft
Finnish: ilmalaiva
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trans-top|Any aircraft
Finnish: ilma-alus
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See also
balloon
barrage balloon
blimp
dirigible
zeppelin, Zeppelin
Category:Aircraft
fr:airship
io:airship
ja:airship
ta:airship
vi:airship
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