artificial gravity

collocation in English

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artificial
adjective
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/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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gravity
noun[U]
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/ˈɡræv.ə.ti/us
/ˈɡræv.ə.t̬i/
the force that attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to ...
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Centrifugal force is modeled and players have created torus stations which exhibit measurableartificialgravityand can be traversed by wheeled rovers.
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It is also equipped withartificialgravitygenerators and an inertial dampening system.
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Stations usingartificialgravityare still purely speculative.
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The spacecraft will rotate along the centerline to provideartificialgravity.
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In some science-fiction universes,artificialgravitywells may be used to force another vessel to drop out of hyperspace.
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The experiment also sought to determine the level ofartificialgravitystimulus needed to counteract any negative effects of space flight.
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The plot employed significant use of the difference in strength ofartificialgravityas an object approaches the center of the rotating cylinder.
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They ran a small centrifuge in the orbital module to see how plants grew inartificialgravity.
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However, some emulsions would never coalesce in normal gravity, while they do underartificialgravity.
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Artificialgravityis provided throughout and there are several autochefs aboard.
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On some levels the motion sensor is erratic due to magneticartificialgravityfields.
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The capture, however, allows the humans to discover and utilize bothartificialgravityand ansible technologies.
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By creating anartificialgravity-field inside the spacecraft, a great amount of the otherwise occurring inertia is taken away.
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Earth-normalartificialgravityis generated by eight towers surrounding the complex.
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Theoretical spacecraft designs usingartificialgravityhave a great number of variants with intrinsic problems and advantages.
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In a number of science fiction plots, acceleration is used to produceartificialgravityfor interstellar spacecraft, propelled by as yet theoretical or hypothetical means.
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Artificialgravitylevels vary proportionately with the distance from the centre of rotation.
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Although it is mostly successful, the virus causes the prison'sartificialgravityto fail.
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