weightless

[weyt-lis]

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adjective

being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.

Origin of weightless

First recorded in 1540–50; weight + -less

Related formsweight·less·ly, adverbweight·less·ness, noun

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Related Words for weightless

trivial, inconsequential, ethereal, agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy

Examples from the Web for weightless

Contemporary Examples of weightless

“Weightless 11 times, they said—I only counted four,” he says as we walk down the ramp.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie Career
Paul Slansky
April 13, 2014

Historical Examples of weightless

Since the power had been cut off, the ship was in free fall, and the men were weightless.
Islands of Space
John W Campbell
They made their second, 180-degree turnover while weightless.
The Cosmic Computer
Henry Beam Piper
Mryna was thrown against the ceiling—and she hung there, weightless.
The Guardians
Irving Cox
But obviously, since he was weightless, he was not on Deneb IV.
A Place in the Sun
C.H. Thames
"Maybe they'd be weightless, but they still wouldn't go up," I said.
Double or Nothing
Jack Sharkey

British Dictionary definitions for weightless

weightless

adjective

(of a body) having no actual weight; a state in which an object has no actual weight (because it is in space and unaffected by gravitational attraction) or no apparent weight (because the gravitational attraction equals the centripetal force and the object is in free fall)
commerce
1. (of economic activity) based on the supply of information and ideas rather than trade in physical goodsthe weightless economy
2. (of a company) having very few physical assetsweightless dot.coms

Derived Formsweightlessness, noun

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