zero gravity

The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.

Noun

  1. The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall.
    • 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,...
    • A gravity-free world, or zero gravity, or weightlessness is ... a relative thing. - 1968, William J. Masica, “Zero-Gravity Effects”, in Nasa Technical Memorandum, page 3:
    • The tricky part is dressing while floating in zero gravity! - 2015, James Buckley Jr., Home Address, ISS:

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.

Forms

zero-gravity

Synonyms

microgravity weightlessness zero g zero-g zero G zero-G zero gee zero-gee