microgravedad

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Spanish

Etymology

From micro- +‎ gravedad.

Noun

microgravedad f (plural microgravedades)

  1. (physics) microgravity
    • 2015 October 27, “Así son los gérmenes en el espacio”, in El País:
      Por eso en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la NASA han decidido investigar con ahínco en qué estado se encuentra la comunidad de microorganismos en el cuerpo de los astronautas nada más poner los pies en la Tierra tras unos meses en la ISS. El fin es dilucidar hasta qué punto puede verse modificada por la microgravedad, el cambio de ambiente, la dieta espacial y el estrés.
      That is why NASA's Johnson Space Center has decided to investigate the state of the microbiomes in the astronauts' bodies as soon as they set foot on Earth after a few months on the ISS. The goal is to determine to what extent it can be modified by microgravity, change of environment, space diet and stress.

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