Meanings
nounweightlessness (usually uncountable, plural weightlessnesses)
plural weightlessnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being free from the effects of gravity (the force).
- countableusuallyAn experience or instance of being weightless.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishweight
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishweightless
- Englishweightlessness
From weightless + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безтегловност, безтегловност
- безтегловност (bezteglovnost)having zero weight
- безтегловност (bezteglovnost)experience or instance of being weightless
Chinese Mandarin 失重, 失重
- 失重 (shīzhòng)having zero weight
- 失重 (shīzhòng)experience or instance of being weightless
Czech beztížnost
- beztížnosthaving zero weight
Danish vægtløshed
- vægtløshedhaving zero weight
Dutch gewichtloosheid
- gewichtloosheidhaving zero weight
Estonian kaalutus
- kaalutushaving zero weight
Finnish painottomuus
- painottomuushaving zero weight
French apesanteur
- apesanteurhaving zero weight
German Schwerelosigkeit, Schwerelosigkeit
- Schwerelosigkeithaving zero weight
- Schwerelosigkeitexperience or instance of being weightless
Hungarian súlytalanság
- súlytalansághaving zero weight
Italian assenza di peso
- assenza di pesohaving zero weight
Japanese 無重力, 無重量
- 無重力 (mujūryoku)having zero weight
- 無重量 (mujūryō)having zero weight
- 無重力 (mujūryoku)experience or instance of being weightless
- 無重量 (mujūryō)experience or instance of being weightless
Korean 무중력, 무중량
- 무중력 (mujungnyeok)having zero weight
- 무중량 (mujungnyang)having zero weight
- 무중력 (mujungnyeok)experience or instance of being weightless
- 무중량 (mujungnyang)experience or instance of being weightless
Norwegian Bokmål vektløshet
- vektløshethaving zero weight
Polish nieważkość
- nieważkośćhaving zero weight
Portuguese imponderabilidade
- imponderabilidadehaving zero weight
Romanian imponderabilitate
- imponderabilitatehaving zero weight
Russian невесо́мость, невесо́мость
- невесо́мость (nevesómostʹ)having zero weight
- невесо́мость (nevesómostʹ)experience or instance of being weightless
Slovak beztiaž
- beztiažhaving zero weight
Spanish ingravidez
- ingravidezhaving zero weight
Swedish tyngdlöshet, viktlöshet
- tyngdlöshethaving zero weight
- viktlöshetexperience or instance of being weightless
Turkish ağırlıksızlık
- ağırlıksızlıkhaving zero weight
Ukrainian неваго́мість, неваго́мість
- неваго́мість (nevahómistʹ)having zero weight
- неваго́мість (nevahómistʹ)experience or instance of being weightless
Vietnamese sự không trọng lượng
- sự không trọng lượnghaving zero weight
Cite this entry
APA
weightlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlessness
MLA
“weightlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlessness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weightlessness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weightlessness.
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