Zero gravity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall. uncountable

    "Starting at the zero-gravity of earth's core, accumulative acceleration is easily built up in a four-thousand-mile tube."

Example

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"Starting at the zero-gravity of earth's core, accumulative acceleration is easily built up in a four-thousand-mile tube."

Etymology

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.