zero gravity

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• microgravity
• weightlessness
• zero g, zero-g
• zero G, zero-G
• zero gee, zero-gee

Origin

• 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.