Spacelegs
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment. plural, plural-only
"Very cautiously — it was more than a year since he had last been weightless and it would be some time before he regained his spacelegs — he hauled himself hand over hand through the airlock and into the large, circular chamber at the axis of the Space Station."
Example
More examples"Very cautiously — it was more than a year since he had last been weightless and it would be some time before he regained his spacelegs — he hauled himself hand over hand through the airlock and into the large, circular chamber at the axis of the Space Station."
Etymology
From space + legs, after sea legs.
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