Meanings
nounspacelegs pl (plural only)
alternative space legs
- pluralplural onlyliteratureThe 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
Origin
From space + legs, after sea legs.
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spacelegs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacelegs
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