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Weightless

adjective

Having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light. "A baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth" , "Jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

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"Weightless" Quotes from Famous Books

... of substances until now called opaque. Professor Roentgen's account of how he wrought this feat forms one of the most stirring chapters in the history of science. Next follows an account of the telegraph as it dispenses with metallic conductors altogether, and trusts itself to that weightless ether which brings to the eye the luminous wave. To this succeeds a chapter which considers what electricity stands for as one of the supreme resources of human wit, a resource transcending even flame itself, bringing ...

— Little Masterpieces of Science: - Invention and Discovery • Various

... rivers and icy mediterraneans is slight, the brightness of even the highest noon is less than an earthly twilight, and the stars never cease to shine. The dark base of the rocky cliffs is washed by the frigid tide, but there is scarcely a sound, for the pebbles cannot be moved by the weightless waves, and an occasional murmur is all that is heard. Great rocks of ice reflect the light of the grey moons, and never a leaf falls or a bird sings. With the exception of the mournful ripples, the planet is silent as the grave. The animal and plant kingdoms do not exist; ...

— A Journey in Other Worlds • J. J. Astor

... Randolph threw down the gauntlet. "We have to face this thing sooner or (p. 304) later, and we might just as well face it now."[12-38] It was up to the administration and Congress to decide whether his challenge was the beginning of a mass movement or a weightless threat by ...

— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.