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
There are lots of things weightlessness disturbs, even in the short run.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Full Virgin Galactic missions have lasted more than an hour, during which passengers on Unity have been treated to views of Earth and the thin blue line of our planet's atmosphere while experiencing a few minutes of weightlessness.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
Trump is shrugging them off, entering a state of weightlessness where all thought of consequences and all concern for mundane irritants like inflation and affordability are left behind.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to Earth.
—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
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
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Full Virgin Galactic missions have lasted more than an hour, during which passengers on Unity have been treated to views of Earth and the thin blue line of our planet's atmosphere while experiencing a few minutes of weightlessness.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
Trump is shrugging them off, entering a state of weightlessness where all thought of consequences and all concern for mundane irritants like inflation and affordability are left behind.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to Earth.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weightlessness
lightness
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The process is long and excruciating, said Oceguera, but they’re just left with the essence of pineapple and coconut that’s carbonated a little for lightness on your tongue.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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There is a lightness to be found around material that could normally be challenging.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Weightlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weightlessness. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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