Apparent weightlessness: The condition experienced in free fall or orbit where the normal force is zero, making objects appear weightless.
How to apply it: Explain why astronauts in the ISS appear weightless even though gravity is only slightly weaker there.
Course: AP Physics 1 · Unit: Circular Motion and Gravitation
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