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weightlessness

Noun

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(uncountable) The state of being free from the effects of gravity (the force).

(countable) An experience or instance of being weightless.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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And after we returned to the savannahs and abandoned the trees, did we long for those great graceful leaps and ecstatic moments of weightlessness in the shafts of sunlight of the forest roof? Carl Sagan

Eventually space environments could be created to provide the best of both worlds, such as, for one example, settlements or habitats designed to create their own gravity, with chambers where reduced gravity or weightlessness can also be experienced optionally. Vanna Bonta

Astronauts also found that bending over in weightlessness to put on socks or tie shoelaces strained their stomach muscles. Source: Internet

This is why, for example, astronauts experience weightlessness when in free-fall orbit around the Earth, and why Newton's Laws of Motion are more easily discernible in such environments. Source: Internet

Once in space, travelers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness, as well as the curvature of Earth — take that, flat-Earthers — before shoved into a pressurized capsule with six observation and returned to their home planet. Source: Internet

Jurassic Park was more fun and funny, but Gravity nevertheless maintains the balance of gravitas and weightlessness needed in an Oscar-worthy film that also appeals to the masses. Source: Internet

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