microgravity
CEFR: C2
A condition in orbital spaceflight in which only very minute gravitational forces are experienced; near weightlessness.
Synonyms
- weightlessness
- zero gravity
Common Collocations
- microgravity environment
- effects of microgravity
- microgravity research
Example Sentence
Pharmaceutical crystallization experiments yield purer molecular structures when conducted in orbital microgravity environments.