Zero gravity
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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.