microgravity
Meaning
microgravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)
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(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
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The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have received a range of items to test in microgravity, but the most bizarre may be a package of green slime.
During the hijacking, Flight 93 passed within convert (instead of the normal convert) of a NASA KC-135 returning from a microgravity flight over Lake Ontario.
However, all types of buoyant convection, including natural convection, do not occur in microgravity environments.
In microgravity, such flow (which happens in all directions) along with diffusion is the only means by which fires are able to draw in fresh oxygen to maintain themselves.
The CSS is intended to accommodate diverse functions such as: ** Enabling space-based microgravity research.