semirigid container

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• semirigid — adjective Date: 1906 1. rigid to some degree or in some parts 2. of an airship having a flexible cylindrical gas container with an attached stiffening keel that carries the load …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• bottle — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask Date: 14th century 1. a. a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bottle — A container for liquids. Mariotte b. a stoppered b. with bottom outlet, used as a reservoir for constant infusions; air enters only by bubbling through a tube extending down through the stopper almost to the bottom; a partial vacuum thus supports …   Medical dictionary

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• aerospace industry — Introduction       assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …   Universalium

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• cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …   Universalium