microgravity
microgravity noun: a state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
Noun
microgravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)
- A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
- In microgravity their arteries are thickening and stiffening and the muscle of the heart weakening and shrinking.2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 25
- Synonyms:
- µG, weightlessness
Synonyms of microgravity
Forms of microgravity
| plural | microgravities |
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Origin of microgravity
From micro- + gravity.
Words formed from microgravity
- microgravitation
- microgravitational
Words that rhyme with microgravity
- gravity
- cavity
- depravity
- concavity
- anticavity
- antigravity
- biconcavity
- endocavity
- intracavity
- microcavity
- minicavity
- multicavity
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Questions about microgravity
- What does microgravity mean?
- Microgravity means a state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
- What part of speech is microgravity?
- Microgravity is a noun.
- What is the plural of microgravity?
- The plural of microgravity is microgravities.
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