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blimp: see airship airship, an aircraft that consists of a cigar-shaped gas bag, or envelope, filled with a lighter-than-air gas to provide lift, a propulsion system, a steering mechanism, and a gondola accommodating passengers, crew, and cargo. ..... Click the link for more information. . blimp 1. a small nonrigid airship, esp one used for observation or as a barrage balloon 2. Films a soundproof cover fixed over a camera during shooting blimp [blimp] (aerospace engineering) A name originally applied to nonrigid, pressure-type airships, usually of small size; now applied to airships with volumes of approximately 1,500,000 cubic feet (42,000 cubic meters). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They print an underground literary magazine, smash a bully's bootlegging operation, and escape from a girls' school in the night in a blimp Roger constructs, among other escapades. The $3 million blimps could bring modern communications to the far corners of the unwired Earth. and the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey blimp is at it again. |
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