WEIGHTLESSNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does weightlessness mean? • WEIGHTLESSNESS (noun)
The noun WEIGHTLESSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being comparatively small in weight
Familiarity information: WEIGHTLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEIGHTLESSNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being comparatively small in weight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
weightlessness; lightness
Context example:
the lightness of balsa wood
Hypernyms ("weightlessness" is a kind of...):
weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weightlessness"):
airiness; buoyancy (the property of something weightless and insubstantial)
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