Weightlessness

/ˈweɪt.ləs.nəs/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The condition of being without apparent weight, often experienced in a vacuum or in free fall.

Astronauts experience weightlessness while orbiting the Earth.

A state in which the force of gravity appears to be negligible.

The weightlessness felt during the drop of a roller coaster can be exhilarating.

The sensation of floating or having no weight.

The cosmonaut described the feeling of weightlessness as liberating and surreal.

A term used in physics to describe the absence of gravitational forces acting on a body.

In weightlessness, physical objects behave differently than they do under normal gravitational conditions.

From 'weight' + '-lessness', indicating the absence of weight.

experience weightlessness

To feel free from the effects of gravity, often occurs in space.

weightlessness effects

The physiological and psychological impacts that occur in a weightless environment.

gravity

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

buoyancy

The ability or tendency to float in water or air.

Floating like a feather

After a few moments in the Zero-G chamber, it felt like floating like a feather.

Space vibes

I've been feeling those space vibes ever since I tried parabolic flight.