anti-gravity device

Fictional weightlessness generator

A device, real or imagined, that counteracts or neutralizes gravitational force.

In science fiction, anti-gravity devices allow spacecraft to hover or objects to float effortlessly: The ship's anti-gravity device failed, sending them plummeting toward the planet's surface.

In physics discussions, the term usually appears hypothetically, as no such technology exists.

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propulsion · UFO · spacecraft · repulsor · force field · flux · flux capacitor · magnetic · lift · lift off · thrust · flying · saucer · telekinesis · warp · futuristic · sci-fi · science fiction

Opposites
gravitational effect

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Secures ships to seabed

tractor beam · gravity well · weight · ballast · deadweight

technological plausibility

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Propulsion-driven spacecraft

jet engine · propeller · parachute · chemical rocket · hot air balloon

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G