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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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 • Nov. 21, 2023
A superconductor is characterized by zero resistivity and perfect diamagnetic behavior, which leads to dissipationless transport and magnetic levitation.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
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 • Aug. 10, 2023
I found the embellishments that the directors devised — among them classic magic tricks with playing cards and levitation — leaven the play’s more plodding contrivances.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023
“Tally, hoverboards work on magnetic levitation, right? So there’s got to be some kind of metal around or they don’t hover.”
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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