weightless

[ weyt-lis ]

/ ˈweɪt lɪs /

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adjective

being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.

Origin of weightless

First recorded in 1540–50; weight + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM weightless

weight·less·ly, adverbweight·less·ness, noun

Words nearby weightless

weighted average, weighted mean, weight for age, weighting, weightism, weightless, weightlifting, weightman, weightroom, weight training, weight-watcher

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Example sentences from the Web for weightless

“Weightless 11 times, they said—I only counted four,” he says as we walk down the ramp.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie Career|Paul Slansky|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I am a weightless spirit beside him: I will fly in the air like a bird.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)|Charles de Coster
Mryna was thrown against the ceiling—and she hung there, weightless.
The Guardians|Irving Cox
At the same moment, the cruiser shuddered slightly as control blasts stopped its spinning and left them all weightless.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin

Then you float free and weightless in a long nightmare as the beast coasts moonward, a flung javelin.
Death of a Spaceman|Walter M. Miller
The ship was weightless, of course, but she had mass and an awful lot of it.
Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for weightless

weightless

/ (ˈweɪtləs) /

adjective

(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)

commerce

(of economic activity) based on the supply of information and ideas rather than trade in physical goodsthe weightless economy
(of a company) having very few physical assetsweightless dot.coms

Derived forms of weightless

weightlessness, noun

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单词	weightless
释义	weightless [ weyt-lis ] / ˈweɪt lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR weightless ON THESAURUS.COM adjective being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation. Origin of weightless First recorded in 1540–50; weight + -less OTHER WORDS FROM weightless weight·less·ly, adverbweight·less·ness, noun Words nearby weightless weighted average, weighted mean, weight for age, weighting, weightism, weightless, weightlifting, weightman, weightroom, weight training, weight-watcher Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weightless “Weightless 11 times, they said—I only counted four,” he says as we walk down the ramp. The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie Career\|Paul Slansky\|April 13, 2014\|DAILY BEAST I am a weightless spirit beside him: I will fly in the air like a bird. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)\|Charles de Coster Mryna was thrown against the ceiling—and she hung there, weightless. The Guardians\|Irving Cox At the same moment, the cruiser shuddered slightly as control blasts stopped its spinning and left them all weightless. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet\|Harold Leland Goodwin Then you float free and weightless in a long nightmare as the beast coasts moonward, a flung javelin. Death of a Spaceman\|Walter M. Miller The ship was weightless, of course, but she had mass and an awful lot of it. Four-Day Planet\|Henry Beam Piper British Dictionary definitions for weightless weightless / (ˈweɪtləs) / adjective (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) commerce (of economic activity) based on the supply of information and ideas rather than trade in physical goodsthe weightless economy (of a company) having very few physical assetsweightless dot.coms Derived forms of weightless weightlessness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to weightless trivial, inconsequential, ethereal, agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy
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weightless

adjective

Origin of weightless

OTHER WORDS FROM weightless

Words nearby weightless

Example sentences from the Web for weightless

British Dictionary definitions for weightless

adjective

Derived forms of weightless

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