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zero gravity

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
ze-ro -grav-i-ty
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

zero-gravity (alternative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does zero gravity mean?
The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.
Where does zero gravity come from?
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.

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