spacelegs

English

Alternative forms

• space legs

Etymology

From space +‎ legs, after sea legs.

Noun

spacelegs pl (plural only)

1. (science fiction) The ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment.
   • 1968, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey:

     Very cautiously — it was more than a year since he had last been weightless and it would be some time before he regained his spacelegs — he hauled himself hand over hand through the airlock and into the large, circular chamber at the axis of the Space Station.