zero gravity
nounEtymology 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.
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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, volume 12, number 2, page 9:
- 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:
1 more example
- The tricky part is dressing while floating in zero gravity!2015, James Buckley Jr., Home Address, ISS:
- Synonyms
- microgravity, weightlessness, zero g, zero-g, zero G, zero-G, zero gee, zero-gee