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microgravity

microgravity

4 6.8
A condition in which gravity is very weak so objects float
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪkroʊˈɡrævɪti/
  • Specialized
: microgravedad
  • In microgravity, astronauts experience a unique environment where they can float freely, creating a sensation of weightlessness.
  • microgravity research
  • microgravity science

So when you're in space and then, you know, in microgravity, floating where nothing really weighs anything, it doesn't matter how much the space suit weighs.

Examples

  • Another investigation with returning samples is Plant Signaling, which involves studying how microgravity affects plant growth.

    Blog text (19)

  • A microgravity environment is equivalent of prolonged bed rest, causing the heart to weaken...

    SpaceCamp (1986)

  • The training will last three days and include microgravity tips and basic emergency response training.

    Blog text (2)

  • Well, he knew how to handle himself in microgravity.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Now, due to the effects of microgravity, you and your passengers may have suffered some slight bone loss.

    WALL·E (2008)

  • All four of these studies involve understanding changes to the human body when exposed to microgravity conditions, especially for long durations.

    Blog text (19)

  • On-orbit operations included capturing still images of the seeds in a microgravity environment.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Mars travelers may be subjected to long periods of microgravity during interplanetary travel and to an extended period of reduced gravitation on the surface of Mars.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Bigelow Aerospace expects its space habitat modules to be used for activities like microgravity research, space manufacturing, and space tourism, with modules serving as orbital hotels.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Astronauts can conduct experiments in microgravity to see how fluids behave in the absence of significant gravitational forces.

Synonyms

weightlessness
vsmicrogravity
  • Specialized
7 4.9

A feeling of floating when gravity is not felt

is the environmental condition of very weak gravity that makes objects float

How Strong

gee
  • Specialized
16 9.9
gravitational
  • Specialized
95 4.7
microgravity
  • Specialized
4 6.8
weightlessness
  • Specialized
7 4.9

Surface Forms

microgravity singular
microgravities plural

Morphology

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

The term is built transparently from 'micro' and 'gravity', but the scientific sense is specialized and not fully predictable from the component meanings alone.

Etymology

Microgravity combines the prefix micro- ('small'), like in microscope, with gravity ('weight' or 'pull'), so it literally means a very small pull of gravity and explains why objects float or feel weightless.