zero gravity
nounDefinition of zero gravity
: the state or condition of lacking apparent gravitational pull : weightlessness
Examples of zero gravity in a Sentence
experiments conducted in zero gravity
Recent Examples on the Web
The lighting is dimmed, zero gravity chairs recline and soft music fills the space. — Kathi Santora, baltimoresun.com, "Bel Air spa’s salt therapy sessions praised for therapeutic and relaxation benefits," 19 Aug. 2019 But orbital taste tests will need to happen eventually, partially because everything tastes a bit different in zero gravity. — Mika Mckinnon, Quartz, "Astronauts will bake cookies in space to see how they cook in zero gravity," 1 Aug. 2019 In microgravity, which is sometimes misleadingly referred to as zero gravity, there are limited effects of gravity and objects appear to be weightless. — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, "Frozen sperm can survive space travel, preliminary study suggests," 24 June 2019 Astronauts adapt to zero gravity and perform their jobs well. — Anchorage Daily News, "What the Space Age taught us: Earth is the best of all possible worlds," 23 June 2019 Astronauts will perform zero-gravity experiments Goodyear designed, producing new rubber compounds that take advantage of the space station's near zero gravity that could have lower rolling resistance and better traction on wet surfaces. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Tires in space? Goodyear to test rubber in zero G. Here's why," 20 July 2019 Just in Time for Spring Oreo and Dairy Queen’s official Twitter accounts had a little fun over the zero gravity concept following the new Blizzard’s announcement. — Matt Mcnulty, PEOPLE.com, "Dairy Queen Launches New Galaxy-Inspired Oreo Blizzard with 'Sparkly Cosmic Swirls'," 25 June 2019 Some of those results are now being released, including a new discovery about how zero gravity affected Scott Kelly at the level of his DNA. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Living in Space Changes Your DNA, NASA Finds," 27 Oct. 2017 Orion Span does say that the space hotel will have lots of windows, a lab for zero gravity research, an area to grow food while in orbit, high-speed wireless internet access, and a holodeck that supports virtual reality. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Luxury space hotel stay will cost you $9.5M," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'zero gravity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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