free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflō-tiŋ 
1
a
: floating freely
free-floating vegetation
b
: lacking specific attachment, direction, or purpose
free-floating ideas
2
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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Formations like this are referred to as free-floating evaporating gas globules (frEGGs).
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 2025
At the heart of each LISA spacecraft are two free-floating golden cubes, about the size of a Rubik’s cube.
—Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
In this process, nuclei collect neutral, free-floating subatomic particles called neutrons.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025
But there’s also a sort of a free-floating anxiety about Agnes, along with a dash of insecurity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 July 2025
At the heart of each LISA spacecraft are two free-floating golden cubes, about the size of a Rubik’s cube.
—Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
In this process, nuclei collect neutral, free-floating subatomic particles called neutrons.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025
But there’s also a sort of a free-floating anxiety about Agnes, along with a dash of insecurity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
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free-floating
adjective
free-float·ing
ˈfrē-ˈflōt-iŋ
: felt as an emotion without apparent cause
free-floating anxiety
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