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spacelegs

spacelegs noun: the ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment.

Noun

spacelegs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment.
    • Very cautiously — it was more than a year since he had last been weightless and it would be some time before he regained his spacelegs — he hauled himself hand over hand through the airlock and into the large, circular chamber at the axis of the Space Station.1968, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Forms of spacelegs

alternative formspace legs

Origin of spacelegs

From space + legs, after sea legs.

Questions about spacelegs

What does spacelegs mean?
Spacelegs means the ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment.
What part of speech is spacelegs?
Spacelegs is a noun.

Words near spacelegs in the dictionary

  1. spacekin
  2. Spaceks
  3. spacelab
  4. spacelabs
  5. spacelated
  6. spacelegs
  7. spaceless
  8. spacelessly
  9. spacelessness
  10. spacelight
  11. spacelights

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