See Also: weightlessness(medicine)
weightlessness countermeasures(medicine)
weightlessness simulation(medicine)

pankin (iou) and weightlessness (medicine)


pankin (iou)



pankin noun. Now dial. LME.
[from PAN noun1 + -KIN: cf. PANNIKIN.]
An earthenware pan or jar, esp. a small one.

weightlessness (medicine)


weightlessness
Condition in which no acceleration, whether due to gravity or any Other force, can be detected by an observer within a system. It also means the absence of weight or the absence of the force of gravity acting on a body. Microgravity, gravitational force between 0 and 10 -6 g, is included here.