Full record for antigravity adj.

Definition	pertaining to something that negates or cancels the effect of gravity
OED requirements	antedating 1896
Earliest cite	George Parsons Lathrop &Thomas A. Edison, "In the Deep of Time"
Comment	Roberto Labanti submitted a 1910 cite for "anti-gravity" from Hugh Pendexter's "Irad Biglow's Insulated Gravity" (Published in a Wisconsin Newspaper in 1910, the story was copyrighted 1909). Fred Galvin submitted a 1958 cite from Jack Lewis's "Glossary of Terms". Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1979 reprint of Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin's 1956 "Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint" Fred Galvin submitted a 1941 cite from Ray Cummings', "Coming of the Giant Germs" Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 2003 reprint of Garth Nix's 1997 "Shade's Children" Bill Mullins submitted an 1896 cite from "In the Deep of Time" by George Parsons Lathrop in collaboration with Thomas A. Edison We would be interested in other cites of any date.
Last modified	13 August, 2009

Citations for antigravity adj.

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1958 J. White in New Worlds Sci. Fiction Nov. 27	He stood less than fifty yards from the patient and with equipment festooning like a Christmas tree—an anti-gravity pack belted round his waist, a tri-di projector locus and viewer strapped to his chest and his shoulders hung with a heavy radio pack
1999 M.J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper ii. i. 9	The engineer gestured and a man-sized duranium container, supported by an antigravity cart, appeared in the chapel's doorway.