How do you use Microgravity in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Microgravity in a sentence
Microgravity meaning
A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
Using Microgravity
- The main meaning on this page is: A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.
- In the example corpus, microgravity often appears in combinations such as: in microgravity, microgravity environment, microgravity research.
Context around Microgravity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Microgravity
- In this selection, "microgravity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, short, complete, own, research, experiments and trigger stand out and add context to how "microgravity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activity in microgravity and afforded by microgravity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "microgravity" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with microgravity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The mechanism of endothelial cell angiogenesis under microgravity. (8 words)
My head immediately began bouncing around the room like a rubber racket ball floating in microgravity. (16 words)
The gravity conditions in space, known as microgravity, trigger a unique set of cellular stress responses. (16 words)
Seven undergraduate students in the UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences dubbed the UW Space Rangers, designed and built the Lunar Lasso, a device that can install a zip tie during extravehicular activity in microgravity. (36 words)
Co-lead Dr. Julia Low said the team found the VR simulation offered an immersive experience of a confined environment, evoking more intense perceptions of all the food aromas tested, except lemongrass, than the microgravity posture. (36 words)
The three members of the Italian Air Force and CNR will carry 13 scientific payloads to suborbital space, experiments that exploit microgravity and the effects of spaceflight on liquids, human tissue and other materials. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Brine Processor Assembly (BPA) developed to extract this remaining wastewater has been on the space station as a demonstration of its operation in microgravity.
Another alternative would be a ‘drop tower’–such as the one belonging to the European Space Agency –which allows for short microgravity experiments on Earth.
It is "the world's first experiment that cultured early-stage mammalian embryos under complete microgravity of ISS," the statement said.
My head immediately began bouncing around the room like a rubber racket ball floating in microgravity.
Seven undergraduate students in the UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences dubbed the UW Space Rangers, designed and built the Lunar Lasso, a device that can install a zip tie during extravehicular activity in microgravity.
The carbon-rich space rock is the shape of a droplet and made of boulders barely held together by their own microgravity.
The gravity conditions in space, known as microgravity, trigger a unique set of cellular stress responses.
The Mk-II Aurora spaceplane will host earth monitoring, microgravity research, disaster management, and atmospheric measurement.
The space tourism company will be taking up a team of specialists with the Italian Air Force and the National Research Centre of Italy to conduct microgravity research.
The three members of the Italian Air Force and CNR will carry 13 scientific payloads to suborbital space, experiments that exploit microgravity and the effects of spaceflight on liquids, human tissue and other materials.
Advocates of semiconductor development in microgravity argue that the environment can allow for improved production of semiconductor crystals.
Co-lead Dr. Julia Low said the team found the VR simulation offered an immersive experience of a confined environment, evoking more intense perceptions of all the food aromas tested, except lemongrass, than the microgravity posture.
In that time, astronauts have produced over 400 research papers and have studied everything from how mice embryos develop in microgravity to more efficient ways to recycle urine.
Principal Research Scientist Geun Woo Lee from the Space Metrology Group said, "Using the electrostatic levitation device, we can implement a microgravity environment similar to space to precisely measure the thermophysical properties of materials.
Studying the behavior of tiny particles in microgravity may provide valuable insight into how material composition, density, and turbulence play a role in planetary formation.
The capsule had been part of a spacecraft launched in June 2023 to test the ability to produce pharmaceuticals in microgravity.
The mechanism of endothelial cell angiogenesis under microgravity.
This countermeasure has the potential to counteract the effects of microgravity by pooling fluid back into the lower body.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have received a range of items to test in microgravity, but the most bizarre may be a package of green slime.
Koch said one of the things she would miss about her time on the orbiting outpost was the freedom afforded by microgravity.
Common combinations with microgravity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in microgravity 23×
- microgravity environment 4×
- microgravity research 3×
- the microgravity 3×
- microgravity of 2×
- microgravity to 2×
- microgravity by 2×
- microgravity conditions 2×