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... > Physical Phenomena > Astronomical Phenomena > Gravitation > Gravity, Altered > Hypogravity > Weightlessness

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Weightlessness  

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Entry terms

  • Gravity, Zero
  • Zero Gravity

Note

  • natural only: WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION and WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES are also available

Scope note

  • Condition in which no acceleration, whether due to gravity or any other force, can be detected by an observer within a system. It also means the absence of weight or the absence of the force of gravity acting on a body. Microgravity, gravitational force between 0 and 10 -6 g, is included here. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988)

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