Antigravity
Physics. the antithesis of ; a hypothetical force by which a body of positive mass would repel a body of negative mass.
(not in technical use) a controllable force that can be made to act against the force of .
(not in technical use) counteracting the force of :
The antigravity drive in this spaceship will enable us to reach Polaris.
Historical Examples
A rocket works against gravity, but they don’t call that antigravity, do they?
By Proxy Gordon Randall Garrett
Course you don’t need much of a rocket when you have antigravity.
We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly Roger Kuykendall
But just then the plane took a sickening bounce, as if its antigravity had only started to operate within yards of the ground.
The Night of the Long Knives Fritz Reuter Leiber
Then we have to find out what’s causing the rash of accidents that is holding up Dr. Theodore Nordred’s antigravity project.
Fifty Per Cent Prophet Gordon Randall Garrett
“antigravity,” I croaked, though you couldn’t have heard me two feet.
The Night of the Long Knives Fritz Reuter Leiber
Like the radar he made out of a TV set and the antigravity and the atomic power plant he invented to run it all with.
We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly Roger Kuykendall
It’s supposed to have antigravity powers, too, like whatever it was that took Superior up in the first place.
And Then the Town Took Off Richard Wilson
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