Levitation Definition

levətāzhən
noun
A levitating or being levitated.
Webster's New World
The illusion, as by a stage magician, of raising and keeping a heavy body in the air with little or no physical support.
Webster's New World

The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism.

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Singular:
levitation
Plural:
levitations

Origin of Levitation

  • From levitate (from Latin levitas (“lightness"), patterned in English on gravitate) +"Ž -ation.

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Levitation Sentence Examples

  • Apparently he'll be doing some levitation on the stage tomorrow.

  • What the manufacturer says... A self-contained playing card levitation.

  • As such, levitation is a ' paranormal ' or supernatural event comparable with miracles.

  • The repulsive force between like poles of magnets can be used for magnetic levitation which engineers are trying to exploit in modern train systems.

  • The research program will develop technologies for mineral separation using magnetic levitation, and for manipulation of nanomaterials using magnetic fields.

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