Definition of zeppelin
: a rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells; broadly : airship
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The silvery vacuum chamber resembles a zeppelin, the vaguely Art Deco lines of the welds between its stainless steel panels looking at once futuristic and old-fashioned.
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Additional coils of wire around the spectrometer must precisely cancel Earth's magnetic field, or else the electrons will run into the zeppelin's wall.
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Back in 1936, though, Close was just one of the two children on a zeppelin gondola largely filled with German businessmen.
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An elegant ride The Hindenburg was part of a class of rigid-frame airships known as Zeppelins introduced by Germany in 1900.
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Sources report that the airship resembles a zeppelin but refused to elaborate on the details.
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The new zeppelin will have a rigid structure made of aluminum and carbon fiber and will operate like a helicopter rather than the ship-like blimp.
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And Nomad was illustrated with a screen of two giant zeppelin airships in a cloudy sky.
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Origin and Etymology of zeppelin
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Ferdinand (Adolf August Heinrich) 1838–1917 Graf von Zeppelin German general and aeronaut
ZEPPELIN Defined for English Language Learners
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: a large aircraft without wings that floats because it is filled with gas and that has a rigid frame inside its body to help it keep its shape
ZEPPELIN Defined for Kids
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: an airship resembling a huge long balloon that has a metal frame and is driven through the air by engines carried on its underside
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