antigravity

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antigravity

[¦an·tē¦grav·əd·ē]
(physics)
The repulsion of one body by another by means of a gravitational type of force; this has never been observed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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