On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Airship. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as dirigible and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Airship meaning
- A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
- A police air unit, a police helicopter.
- Any aircraft.
Synonyms of Airship
Using Airship
- The main meaning on this page is: A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered. | A police air unit, a police helicopter. | Any aircraft.
- Useful related words include: dirigible, lighter-than-air craft.
- In the example corpus, airship often appears in combinations such as: the airship, an airship, airship was.
Context around Airship
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Airship
- In this selection, "airship" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hindenburg, rigid, first, design, seconds and disasters stand out and add context to how "airship" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rigid airship was set and aboard an airship the crew. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "airship" sits close to words such as accuser, adoptive and ahsoka, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with airship
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 2008, the CA-150 airship was launched by Vantage Airship. (11 words)
Additionally, the company released iconic artwork featuring Aerith and the Highwind airship. (12 words)
In modern common usage, the terms zeppelin and airship are used interchangeably for any type of rigid airship. (18 words)
Even though the world hates and fears them, Armin, Mikasa, and the new members of the Scout Regiment have secured an airship and made their way to Eren and the Rumbling in a bid to stop Jaeger by any means necessary. (41 words)
The ultimate altitude record for a rigid airship was set in 1917 by the L-55 under the command of Hans-Kurt Flemming when he forced the airship to convert attempting to cross France after the "Silent Raid" on London. (40 words)
Beijing insists the white orb shot down off the Carolina coast early this month was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and had only limited “self-steering” capabilities. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
An Astra-Torres airship In 1902, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo published details of an innovative airship design in Spain and France.
Artwork The Led Zeppelin album cover depicts the Hindenburg airship seconds after catching fire Led Zeppelin's front cover, which was chosen by Page, features a black-and-white image of the burning Hindenburg airship.
Following a series of airship disasters in the 1930s, and especially the Hindenburg disaster where the airship burst into flames, hydrogen fell into disuse.
In 2008, the CA-150 airship was launched by Vantage Airship.
In modern common usage, the terms zeppelin and airship are used interchangeably for any type of rigid airship.
In the 1980s, Per Lindstrand and his team introduced the GA-42 airship, the first airship to use fly-by-wire flight control which considerably reduced the pilot's workload.
The airship remained on the ground until the following day, permitting a detailed examination by French airship experts.
The first printed work on the airship was "A Controllable Metallic Balloon" (1892), in which he gave the scientific and technical rationale for the design of an airship with a metal sheath.
The ultimate altitude record for a rigid airship was set in 1917 by the L-55 under the command of Hans-Kurt Flemming when he forced the airship to convert attempting to cross France after the "Silent Raid" on London.
This feat failed to generate enthusiasm for continued airship development, and the British airship program was rapidly wound down.
Twentieth century In September 1916, following an attack on St Albans, the German Airship SL 11 became the first airship to be brought down over England.
Additionally, the company released iconic artwork featuring Aerith and the Highwind airship.
Beijing admitted that a second “unmanned airship” from China has entered other countries’ airspace, this time in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Beijing insists the white orb shot down off the Carolina coast early this month was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and had only limited “self-steering” capabilities.
Each region’s effectively its own puzzle, and even in the training level it’s highly unlikely you’ll be able to complete all the goals, recycle your buildings, and take off in your airship on your first attempt.
Even though the world hates and fears them, Armin, Mikasa, and the new members of the Scout Regiment have secured an airship and made their way to Eren and the Rumbling in a bid to stop Jaeger by any means necessary.
From there, he quickly melded the station to the Angel, resulting in a far larger, more stable airship.
He said the rights came to me via an “heirship” which I misheard as “airship,” and I considered hanging up.
In a statement on Friday, China’s foreign ministry said the balloon was for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes and that it regretted that the airship had strayed into U.S. airspace.
Set to travel aboard an airship, the crew might act as back-up for the Pokemon protagonists when they encounter the Explorers, the group that is being touted as the villains of the new season.
Common combinations with airship
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the airship 44×
- an airship 20×
- airship was 12×
- airship to 11×
- airship is 9×
- rigid airship 8×
- airship and 7×
- airship the 5×
- airship with 5×
- british airship 5×