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Zeppelin
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Zep·pe·lin  (zp-ln, zpln, tsp-ln), Count Ferdinand von 1838-1917.
German inventor who designed and manufactured the first motorized, rigid-frame dirigible balloon (1900).
zep·pe·lin also Zep·pe·lin  (zp-ln)
n.
A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.
[After Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.]
zeppelin [ˈzɛpəlɪn]
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) (sometimes capital) a large cylindrical rigid airship built from 1900 to carry passengers, and used in World War I for bombing and reconnaissance
[named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German aeronautical pioneer, designer and manufacturer of airships]
Zeppelin (German) [ˈtsɛpəliːn]
n
(Biographies / Zeppelin, Ferdinand von, Count (1838-1917) M, German, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aeronautical pioneer, TECHNOLOGY: airship builder) Count Ferdinand von (ˈfɛrdinant fɔn). 1838-1917, German aeronautical pioneer, who designed and manufactured airships (zeppelins)
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Noun1.Zeppelin - German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)Zeppelin - German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
2.Zeppelin - a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombszeppelin - a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
Graf Zeppelin
Translations
zeppelin [ˈzeplɪn] N → zepelín m
zeppelin
n → Zeppelin m
zeppelin [ˈzɛp/əlɪn] n → zeppelin m inv
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