levitation
Americannoun
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the act or phenomenon of levitating.
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the raising or rising of a body in air by supernatural means.
Other Word Forms
- levitational adjective
- levitative adjective
- self-levitation noun
Etymology
Origin of levitation
Example Sentences
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This unique ability makes them extremely valuable for technologies such as efficient power transmission, energy storage, magnetic levitation systems, and quantum computers.
From Science Daily
Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without electrical resistance -- making them the ideal base material for electronic components in MRI machines, magnetic levitation trains and even particle accelerators.
From Science Daily
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
From Los Angeles Times
Additionally, observes Scientific American, superconductors repel magnetic fields, which could lead to more efficient magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the most exciting and promising clean tech — like magnetic levitation trains and other low-cost, high-speed transportation — could finally be viable for mass development with superconductor use.
From Salon
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