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Apparent weightlessness is the sensation a body feels, when they have nothing stopping them from accelerating at the same rate as the acceleration of a gravitational field.
Any body in earth's (or any other planets) gravitational field has weight, you just may not be able to feel it at times.
It is a common mistake to think that your weight is the force that you push down with onto earth. The force that gives one the sensation of weight is actually a force known as the 'normal reaction force'. This is the force of the ground, or anything beneath you, pushing you back up.
Thus if the normal force beneath your feet disappears, there is nothing stopping your feet from falling, and you experience 'apparent weightlessness'
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe condition of a body in which the body feels nil weight due to absence of gravity is called weightlessness.
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Motion is described with respect to a what?
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you cant
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Is weightless an adjective?
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What does weightlessness?
Weightlessness is the effect that astronauts enjoy in space.
How could you use the word weightlessness in a sentence?
you are so weightlessness
What does weightlessness mean?
Weightlessness is the effect that astronauts enjoy in space.
What is the root word of weightlessness?
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Does the earth ever stop putting pressure on things?
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What is weightlessness?
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What is weight and weightlessness?
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How do you put weightlessness in a sentence?
In space, there is no gravity and one would experience weightlessness.
What is suffix of weightlessness?
The root word for weightlessness is weight. :)
