: reducing, canceling, or protecting against the effect of gravity
: a hypothetical effect resulting from cancellation or reduction of a gravitational field
Examples of antigravity in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
One night in 1953, Van Tassel reported being awakened by a being from Venus who levitated him aboard a spacecraft and gave him a formula to build an antigravity time machine that could inhibit aging.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
For wellness at sea level, take an antigravity yoga class, or slip into a regenerative sleep pod.
—Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
This letter raises a fascinating and very concrete question: Does antimatter experience antigravity?
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Decentraland experience is a reimagining of its IRL Coachella activations and features an ‘antigravity’ dance floor accessed via a colorful ‘Pride Tunnel’, a gallery based on its physical museum space in Stockholm and a Selfie Room where users can screenshot their avatars.
—Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2022
Some are admittedly more comfortable than others, however, and right now, the model our Senior Home Editor Leigh Harrington has recently fallen in love with—the Sonoma Goods For Life antigravity chair—is nearly 60% off for the site's Lowest Prices of the Season Sale.
—USA TODAY, 23 May 2021
But prolonged antigravity can also wreak havoc on circulation, vision and bone density, even in healthy people.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2012
The experiment is so difficult that the researchers can say only that the antihydrogen atoms didn’t move much; both gravity and antigravity are compatible with the results.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Noun
Roughly half the space is used by professional athletes and V.I.P.s, who run on antigravity treadmills and do weight training on blood-flow-restriction machines, and the other half is for the rest of the population, who’d lately been showing up with a lot of Achilles injuries.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
One night in 1953, Van Tassel reported being awakened by a being from Venus who levitated him aboard a spacecraft and gave him a formula to build an antigravity time machine that could inhibit aging.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
For wellness at sea level, take an antigravity yoga class, or slip into a regenerative sleep pod.
—Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
This letter raises a fascinating and very concrete question: Does antimatter experience antigravity?
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
Decentraland experience is a reimagining of its IRL Coachella activations and features an ‘antigravity’ dance floor accessed via a colorful ‘Pride Tunnel’, a gallery based on its physical museum space in Stockholm and a Selfie Room where users can screenshot their avatars.
—Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2022
Some are admittedly more comfortable than others, however, and right now, the model our Senior Home Editor Leigh Harrington has recently fallen in love with—the Sonoma Goods For Life antigravity chair—is nearly 60% off for the site's Lowest Prices of the Season Sale.
—USA TODAY, 23 May 2021
But prolonged antigravity can also wreak havoc on circulation, vision and bone density, even in healthy people.
—Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2012
The experiment is so difficult that the researchers can say only that the antihydrogen atoms didn’t move much; both gravity and antigravity are compatible with the results.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2013
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'antigravity.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near antigravity
Cite this Entry
“Antigravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antigravity. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share