: reducing, canceling, or protecting against the effect of gravity
: a hypothetical effect resulting from cancellation or reduction of a gravitational field
Examples of antigravity in a Sentence
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Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2023
This letter raises a fascinating and very concrete question: Does antimatter experience antigravity?
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Decentraland experience is a reimagining of its IRL Coachella activations and features an ‘antigravity’ dance floor accessed via a colorful ‘Pride Tunnel’, a gallery based on its physical museum space in Stockholm and a Selfie Room where users can screenshot their avatars.
—Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2022
Some are admittedly more comfortable than others, however, and right now, the model our Senior Home Editor Leigh Harrington has recently fallen in love with—the Sonoma Goods For Life antigravity chair—is nearly 60% off for the site's Lowest Prices of the Season Sale.
—USA TODAY, 23 May 2021
But prolonged antigravity can also wreak havoc on circulation, vision and bone density, even in healthy people.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2012
The experiment is so difficult that the researchers can say only that the antihydrogen atoms didn’t move much; both gravity and antigravity are compatible with the results.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Flying On An Ionic Wind Back in 1928, the British Crown granted Thomas Townsend Brown a patent on an antigravity device that promised to revolutionize flight.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2019
Another notable one is the discovery of dark energy, a kind of antigravity effect that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2016
Noun
For wellness at sea level, take an antigravity yoga class, or slip into a regenerative sleep pod.
—Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2023
This letter raises a fascinating and very concrete question: Does antimatter experience antigravity?
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Decentraland experience is a reimagining of its IRL Coachella activations and features an ‘antigravity’ dance floor accessed via a colorful ‘Pride Tunnel’, a gallery based on its physical museum space in Stockholm and a Selfie Room where users can screenshot their avatars.
—Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2022
Some are admittedly more comfortable than others, however, and right now, the model our Senior Home Editor Leigh Harrington has recently fallen in love with—the Sonoma Goods For Life antigravity chair—is nearly 60% off for the site's Lowest Prices of the Season Sale.
—USA TODAY, 23 May 2021
But prolonged antigravity can also wreak havoc on circulation, vision and bone density, even in healthy people.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2012
The experiment is so difficult that the researchers can say only that the antihydrogen atoms didn’t move much; both gravity and antigravity are compatible with the results.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Flying On An Ionic Wind Back in 1928, the British Crown granted Thomas Townsend Brown a patent on an antigravity device that promised to revolutionize flight.
—Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2019
Another notable one is the discovery of dark energy, a kind of antigravity effect that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2016
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“Antigravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antigravity. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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