Phrases with «microgravity»

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Microgravity refers to the condition or situation where gravity is very weak, almost like there's no gravity at all. It is where objects or people experience a very slight force of gravity, allowing them to float or seem weightless, similar to what astronauts experience in space. Full definition

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Sentences with «microgravity»

  • Eighth graders at Pennsauken Phifer Middle School in New Jersey will examine the growth rate in microgravity of penicillium, which future astronauts could grow as an antibiotic to treat infections. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Had she had some retirement funding, Michele Marquette might have extended by a year or two her postdoctoral studies on the effects of microgravity on muscle at the NASA Johnson Space Center. (sciencemag.org)
  • «Disuse osteopenia is the same disease that astronauts get when they're in microgravity environments for long periods of time,» Caird said. (sciencedaily.com)
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