weightless
[ weyt-lis ]
/ ˈweɪt lɪs /
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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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM weightless
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British Dictionary definitions for weightless
weightless
/ (ˈweɪtləs) /
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
- (of economic activity) based on the supply of information and ideas rather than trade in physical goodsthe weightless economy
- (of a company) having very few physical assetsweightless dot.coms
Derived forms of weightless
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