weightlessness.

A condition in which no supporting force is felt as weight, commonly during free fall.

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Words that belong together

• apparent weightlessness
• prolonged weightlessness

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Prolonged weightlessness changed the crew's daily exercise routine.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common.