microgravity

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ gravity.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ævɪti

Noun

microgravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)

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microgravity

Wikipedia

1. (physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
   • 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 25:

     In microgravity their arteries are thickening and stiffening and the muscle of the heart weakening and shrinking.

Synonyms

• µG
• weightlessness

Derived terms

• microgravitation
• microgravitational

Related terms

• hypergravity
• hypogravity
• macrogravity
• zero gravity

Translations

very low gravity

Chinese: Mandarin: 微重力 (wēizhònglì) Finnish: mikropainovoima French: micropesanteur (fr) German: Mikrogravitation f Greek: μικροβαρύτητα (el) f (mikrovarýtita) Japanese: 微小重力 Korean: 극미중력 (geungmijungnyeok) Polish: mikrograwitacja f Portuguese: microgravidade f Spanish: microgravedad f Swedish: mikrogravitation