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Noun
/ˈe(ə)rˌSHip/,
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airships, plural;
  1. A power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (typically helium, formerly hydrogen) that is lighter than air

  1. a steerable self-propelled aircraft
  2. An airship or dirigible is an aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms. ...
  3. Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire. ...
  4. Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many aspects of gameplay have remained relatively consistent throughout the series.
  5. (Airships) Airborne craft, developed by the moogles centuries ago. They float by the power of skystone, and are given direction and speed by means of propeller or glossair ring. ...
  6. A lighter-than-air craft with a propelling system and a means of controlling the direction of flight (steering). Blimps are an example of airships.
  7. An aircraft that rises into the air because it is lighter than air. An airship is constructed from a metal frame containing bags filled with hydrogen or helium gas. The pilot flies the craft from a gondola attached to the bottom of an airship.
  8. the generic term for any dirigible or powered lighter-than-air vehicle, including blimps and zeppelins. Until the 1930s, the word “airship” was used to refer to both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air craft, but now its use generally implies only LTA craft.
  9. Every RPG has a flying vehicle, usually an airship or a flying dragon, which is obtained near the very end of the game. (although in FF games, you tend to get the airship sooner).
  10. Any vessel that flies (by whatever means) but cannot leave its planet.