weightless
/ˈweɪtləs/adjective
उच्चारण वेट्लस
भारहीन
Core word
adjective
- 1
having no weight or seeming to have no weight, for example because of being in space
भारहीन
- Astronauts float around because they are weightless in orbit.
- The fabric is so light that it feels almost weightless.
◇Word family
weightlessness noun
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General knowledge
Astronauts in orbit feel weightless because they and their spacecraft are falling freely around the Earth, not because gravity is absent.
GK: कक्षा में अंतरिक्ष यात्री भारहीन इसलिए महसूस करते हैं क्योंकि वे और उनका यान पृथ्वी के चारों ओर मुक्त रूप से गिर रहे होते हैं, इसलिए नहीं कि वहाँ gravity नहीं होती।