antigrav
Defies Earth's pull
Antigrav is science fiction shorthand for antigravity technology—devices or systems that counteract gravitational force, allowing objects or vehicles to hover or float.
The term appears in novels, games, and films as a casual or technical label for hovering platforms, boots, or spacecraft propulsion: The antigrav unit on his speeder was malfunctioning.
Outside fiction, antigrav occasionally surfaces in speculative physics discussions, though no such technology exists.
Unsupported aerial suspension
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
superconductor · diamagnetic · electromagnetic · propulsion · thrust · lift · counterforce · graviton
Informal term for weightlessness
- microgravityExtremely weak gravitational force
- free-fallUnimpeded downward acceleration
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- driftGradual movement, no direction
spacewalk · EVA · astronaut · cosmonaut · orbital · ISS · spaceflight · suspended
Vehicle for outer space
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- hovercraftFan-supported amphibious vehicle
speeder · jetpack · orbital · sci-fi · cyberpunk · pulp · ray-gun · retro-futurism
levitation
Unsupported aerial suspension
magnetic · superconductor · diamagnetic · electromagnetic · propulsion · thrust · lift · counterforce · graviton · theoretical
zero-g
Informal term for weightlessness
- microgravityExtremely weak gravitational force
- free-fallUnimpeded downward acceleration
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
drift · spacewalk · EVA · astronaut · cosmonaut · orbital · ISS · spaceflight · suspended · untethered
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
hovercraft · speeder · jetpack · orbital · sci-fi · cyberpunk · pulp · ray-gun · retro-futurism · force-field
antigravgravity
Mutual mass attraction
gravitational pull · gravitation · gravitational force · weight · artificial gravity
antigravrocket propulsion
Thrust from expelled gases
jet propulsion · aerodynamic lift · thrust · buoyancy · mechanical lift
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