weightlessness (noun)

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• weightlessness — weightless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a body) not apparently acted on by gravity. DERIVATIVES weightlessly adverb weightlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

• weightlessness — noun see weightless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• weightlessness — noun a) The state of being free from the effects of gravity. b) An experience or instance of being weightless. Syn: zero gravity …   Wiktionary

• weightlessness — noun the property of being comparatively small in weight (Freq. 2) the lightness of balsa wood • Syn: ↑lightness • Ant: ↑heaviness (for: ↑lightness) …   Useful english dictionary

• weightlessness — /ˈweɪtləsnəs / (say waytluhsnuhs) noun the state of being without apparent weight as experienced by astronauts at great distances from earth due to the absence of any apparent gravitational pull; zero gravity …  

• weightless — adjective Date: circa 1547 having little weight ; lacking apparent gravitational pull • weightlessly adverb • weightlessness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• weightless — adjective (of a body, especially in an orbiting spacecraft) not apparently acted on by gravity. Derivatives weightlessly adverb weightlessness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• weightless — adjective having no weight, especially when you are floating in space or water weightlessly adverb weightlessness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• weightless — UK [ˈweɪtləs] / US adjective having no weight, especially because of being outside the Earth s atmosphere Derived word: weightlessness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

• weightless — [ˈweɪtləs] adj having no weight, because of being outside the Earth s atmosphere weightlessness noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• weightless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a body) not apparently acted on by gravity. DERIVATIVES weightlessly adverb weightlessness noun …   English terms dictionary