semi-rigid

[sem-ee-rij-id, sem-ahy-]

sem·i·rig·id

[sem-ee-rij-id, sem-ahy-]
adjective
1.
not fully rigid; partly rigid.
2.
Aeronautics. noting or pertaining to a type of airship whose shape is maintained by means of a rigid keellike structure and by internal gas pressure.

Origin:
1905–10; semi- + rigid
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