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levitation

[ lev-i-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌlɛv ɪˈteɪ ʃən /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR levitation

noun

the act or phenomenon of levitating.

the raising or rising of a body in air by supernatural means.

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Origin of levitation

First recorded in 1660–70; levitate + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM levitation

lev·i·ta·tion·al, adjectivelev·i·ta·tive, adjectiveself-lev·i·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby levitation

Levin tube, levirate, Levi's, Lévi-Strauss, levitate, levitation, Levite, leviter, Levitical, Leviticus, Levitra

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Example sentences from the Web for levitation

So [his levitation] is sort of a joke but it also feels—it does feel like a way out.
The David Foster Wallace Generation|Seth Colter Walls|April 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The phenomena of Levitation, or the moving of articles at a distance.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers|Swami Panchadasi
I ardently desired the contrary, and we willed the levitation with all our might.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
That is if we assume that the process is at all parallel with the phenomena of psychokinesis and levitation.
Out Like a Light|Gordon Randall Garrett

Several times during the course of this séance, and during the levitation of the table, I said, "There is no spirit."
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
Thus there is no such principle as levitation in the universe.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy|W. T. Stace

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