zeppelin

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hava gemisi
zeplin
(isim) zeplin
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English - English
Alternative capitalization of zeppelin
A German manufacturing company, famed for building the zeppelin airships
A type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century; designed to carry passengers or bombs
{i} family name; Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German army officer, developer of the first rigid airship in 1900
A cigar shaped airship designed by Count Zeppelin
large military air vessel constructed of heavy oiled fabric filled with gas
It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin
a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
The often generic term for any rigid airship, derived from the name of its inventor and promoter, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) The first aircraft of this type flew in 1900 near Friedrichshafen, Germany After many trials and tribulations, Zeppelin was able to form a company, Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin, to manufacture this type of airship The word is properly capitalized when referring to airships produced by the Zeppelin Company, but may be used lower-case to describe generically any similar, cigar-shaped rigid airship
A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control
a dirigible with an internal frame, which makes it rigid
Large, hydrogen filled airships named after Count Alfred Von Zeppelin
{i} dirigible airship of German design
a German airship used in World War I (Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German soldier who invented it). Rigid airship of a type designed by the German builder Ferdinand, Graf (count) von Zeppelin (1838-1917). It was a cigar-shaped, trussed, and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, below which hung two external cars with an engine geared to two propellers. The first zeppelin flew in 1900. In World War I zeppelins were used as bombers by Germany. In 1928 the Graf Zeppelin inaugurated transatlantic flight service; it had completed 590 flights by 1937, when the Hindenburg disaster halted such flights
1) (n) A large blimp 2) (n) Still the best band for playing air guitar in one's underwear

Related Terms

zeppelin mail
mail carried on zeppelins
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
{i} (1838-1917) German army officer, developer of the first rigid airship in 1900
Led Zeppelin
famous English rock and roll band (was active mainly in the 1970's)
zeppelins
plural of zeppelin
zeppelin

    Hyphenation

    zep·pe·lin

    Turkish pronunciation

    zepîlîn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈzepələn/ /ˈzɛpɪlɪn/

    Etymology

    () Named after Ferdinand, Count von Zeppelin.
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