Full record for antigravity adj.

Definition	pertaining to something that negates or cancels the effect of gravity
OED requirements	antedating 1910
Earliest cite	H. Pendexter 'Irad Biglow's Insulated Gravity'
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", We would be interested in other cites of any date.
Last modified	8 March, 2005

Citations for antigravity adj.

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1909 Daily Press 5 May 4	Insulated gravity simply means overcoming the power that keeps things on earth. I create a vacuum and fill it with anti-gravity ozone and everything inside the space covered by that vacuum goes whizzing into the air, never to come back. Just imagine me insulating gravity over your rocky pasture.
1910 H. Pendexter Irad Biglow's Insulated Gravity in Daily Press 5 May (unpaginated electronic edition)	Insulated gravity simply means overcoming the power that keeps things on earth. I create a vacuum and fill it with anti-gravity ozone and everything inside the space covered by that vacuum goes whizzing into the air, never to come back. Just imagine me insulating gravity over your rocky pasture.
1941 R. Cummings Coming of Giant Germs Apr. 14/1	Twenty years ago, there had been talk that he was working on an anti-gravity principle—the secret of spaceflight‥Then apparently he had given it up.
1956 J. Williams & R. Abrashkin Danny Dunn and Anti-Gravity Paint 48	Professor Bullfinch, with his constant companion, Dr. Grimes, spent more and more time in the laboratory testing and analyzing the anti-gravity liquid. It became clear that whatever was painted with the liquid resisted gravity and would fly out away from the earth.
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
1958 J. Lewis Glossary of Terms Sep. 108/1	The use of bluffonics is particularly effective in stories of the gadget-type, which require explanation of anti-gravity devices, advanced cybernetics, and various paraphernalia associated with the construction of devices employing the use of the fourth dimension.
1997 G. Nix Shade's Children xiii. 128	It appears to be a device that converts some form of radiated power to some other form of energy. An antigravity device perhaps, because it is quite impossible for these things to fly without assistance.
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.