as in lightness
the state or quality of having little weight
the relative weightlessness of the suitcase surprised me
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Recent Examples of weightlessness
Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to Earth.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
His playing also contributes to the airiness of the album, the sense of weightlessness that has more in common with SUSS or Chuck Johnson than anybody on country radio.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Such toys are traditionally used to indicate when a crew becomes weightlessness on reaching orbit.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Their first weekend was spent unpacking and getting used to living in weightlessness, even though Meir and Fedyaev have both been to the ISS once previously.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Leanne Fan, 18, a 12th-grader at Westview High School, built a device that uses rotation to simulate microgravity — the near-weightlessness that astronauts experience in space — in order to study how live organisms grow in space.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Heart muscles atrophy, or weaken from disuse, in adults who spend prolonged times in the weightlessness of space.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Passengers get to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see Earth against the blackness of space during New Shepard flights, each of which lasts 10 to 12 minutes.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
His playing also contributes to the airiness of the album, the sense of weightlessness that has more in common with SUSS or Chuck Johnson than anybody on country radio.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Such toys are traditionally used to indicate when a crew becomes weightlessness on reaching orbit.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Their first weekend was spent unpacking and getting used to living in weightlessness, even though Meir and Fedyaev have both been to the ISS once previously.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Leanne Fan, 18, a 12th-grader at Westview High School, built a device that uses rotation to simulate microgravity — the near-weightlessness that astronauts experience in space — in order to study how live organisms grow in space.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Heart muscles atrophy, or weaken from disuse, in adults who spend prolonged times in the weightlessness of space.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Passengers get to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see Earth against the blackness of space during New Shepard flights, each of which lasts 10 to 12 minutes.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weightlessness
lightness
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Amon and her actors find many moments of visual humor with dancing and audience interaction that bring a lot of life and lightness to the play.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Are laughter and lightness merely opiates, or tools of the revolution, or both, or neither?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Weightlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weightlessness. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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