🛰️ Weightless condition 🔬 Related to weightlessness

microgravity

6.8

Relating to very weak gravity, like in space

adjective
/ˌmaɪkroʊˈɡrævɪti/

Specialized

: microgravedad

Scientists conduct microgravity research on the International Space Station to learn how materials behave in space.

Examples

The microgravity environment allows plants to grow differently than they do on Earth.
Special aircraft can create short periods of microgravity for training astronauts.
Astronauts experience microgravity while aboard the ISS.
The effects of microgravity on the human body are still being studied.
Scientists conduct microgravity research on the International Space Station to learn how materials behave in space.
The microgravity environment allows plants to grow differently than they do on Earth.
Special aircraft can create short periods of microgravity for training astronauts.

How Strong

gravitational

Specialized

95 4.7

microgravity

Specialized

6.8

weightless

17 5.3

Surface Forms

microgravity positive

Morphology

microgravity = microgravity (semi-transparent) = micro + gravity

The adjective is a relational conversion from the noun 'microgravity', with a clearly visible morphological structure but a specialized technical meaning.

Etymology

Microgravity as an adjective uses the same parts, micro- ('small') and gravity ('weight' or 'pull'), so it describes things caused by very weak gravity, such as the floating conditions astronauts feel in orbit.