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weightless

[weyt-lis]

weight·less

[weyt-lis]
adjective
being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.

Origin:
1540–50; weight + -less

weight·less·ly, adverb
weight·less·ness, noun
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weightless (ˈweɪtləs)
 
adj
1.  (of a body) having no actual weight; a state in which an object has no actual weight (because it is in space and unaffected by gravitational attraction) or no apparent weight (because the gravitational attraction equals the centripetal force and the object is in free fall)
2.  commerce
 a.  (of economic activity) based on the supply of information and ideas rather than trade in physical goods: the weightless economy
 b.  (of a company) having very few physical assets: weightless dot.coms
 
'weightlessness
 
n

weightlessness (ˈweɪtlɪsnɪs)
 
n
a state in which an object has no actual weight (because it is in space and unaffected by gravitational attraction) or no apparent weight (because the gravitational attraction equals the centripetal force and the object is in free fall)
 
'weightless
 
adj

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