Meanings
alternative zero-gravity
- uncountableThe state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.
The tricky part is dressing while floating in zero gravity!
2015, James Buckley Jr., Home Address, ISS2 more examples
Starting at the zero-gravity of earth's core, accumulative acceleration is easily built up in a four-thousand-mile tube.
1938 October, Jack Binder, “If Science Reached the Earth's Core”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 12, number 2, page 9A gravity-free world, or zero gravity, or weightlessness is ... a relative thing.
1968, William J. Masica, “Zero-Gravity Effects”, in Nasa Technical Memorandum, page 3Synonyms: microgravity, weightlessness, zero g, zero-g, zero G, zero-G, zero gee, zero-gee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan gravitat zero
- gravitat zerostate of weightlessness
Chinese Cantonese 零重力
- 零重力 (ling⁴ cung⁵ lik⁶)state of weightlessness
Chinese Mandarin 零重力
- 零重力 (língzhònglì)state of weightlessness
Czech stav beztíže
- stav beztížestate of weightlessness
Finnish painottomuus, nollapainovoima
- painottomuusstate of weightlessness
- nollapainovoimastate of weightlessness
French gravité zéro
- gravité zérostate of weightlessness
German Schwerelosigkeit
- Schwerelosigkeitstate of weightlessness
Greek μηδέν βαρύτητα
- μηδέν βαρύτητα (midén varýtita)state of weightlessness
Hungarian súlytalanság
- súlytalanságstate of weightlessness
Italian assenza di gravità
- assenza di gravitàstate of weightlessness
Japanese 無重力
- 無重力 (Mujūryoku)state of weightlessness
Portuguese gravidade zero
- gravidade zerostate of weightlessness
Russian невесо́мость
- невесо́мость (nevesómostʹ)state of weightlessness
Spanish gravedad cero, ingravidez
- gravedad cerostate of weightlessness
- ingravidezstate of weightlessness
Ukrainian неваго́мість
- неваго́мість (nevahómistʹ)state of weightlessness
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zero gravity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zero%20gravity
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