weight|less

weight|less
weight|less «WAYT lihs», adjective.
1. having little or no weight: »

The reflection of the night glow…lit the cherry trees…and made their branches look as if they were smothered in weightless snow (New Yorker).

2. being free from the pull of gravity: »

Astronauts know what it is like to float in space in a weighess condition.

weight´less|ly, adverb.
weight´less|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • weight´less|ness — weight|less «WAYT lihs», adjective. 1. having little or no weight: »The reflection of the night glow…lit the cherry trees…and made their branches look as if they were smothered in weightless snow (New Yorker). 2. being free from the pull of… …   Useful english dictionary

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