microgravity

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ gravity.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ævɪti

Noun

microgravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)

1. (physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
   • 2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 25:

     In microgravity their arteries are thickening and stiffening and the muscle of the heart weakening and shrinking.

Synonyms

• µG
• weightlessness

Derived terms

• microgravitation
• microgravitational

Related terms

• hypergravity
• hypogravity
• macrogravity
• zero gravity

Translations

very low gravity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微重力 (wēizhònglì)

• Finnish: mikropainovoima
• French: micropesanteur (fr)
• German: Mikrogravitation f
• Greek: μικροβαρύτητα (el) f (mikrovarýtita)
• Japanese: 微小重力
• Korean: 극미중력 (geungmijungnyeok)
• Polish: mikrograwitacja f
• Portuguese: microgravidade f
• Spanish: microgravedad f
• Swedish: mikrogravitation