English Explanatory Dictionary

zero gravity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.

Word forms

zero gravity zero-gravity

Etymology

Coined by Austro-Hungarian-American artist Jack Binder in his 1938 picture feature "If Science Reached the Earth's Core", printed in the October 1938 issue of the science-fiction pulp-magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as part of a series of similar "If—" articles.

Synonyms

microgravity weightlessness zero g zero-g zero gee zero-gee
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