levitation Definition
levi·ta·tion (lev′ə tā′s̸hən)
noun
- a levitating or being levitated
- the illusion of raising and keeping a heavy body in the air with little or no physical support
levitation Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: The research program will develop technologies for mineral separation using magnetic levitation, and for manipulation of nanomaterials using magnetic fields.
- disprove: If so, this does not disprove levitation, let alone demon possession.
- do: Apparently he'll be doing some levitation on the stage tomorrow.
Preposition: for
fun: In this case, the paper by Hamm, " Porcine levitation for fun and profit " occupies pp.
Adjective modifier
- magnetic: The repulsive force between like poles of magnets can be used for magnetic levitation which engineers are trying to exploit in modern train systems.
- diamagnetic: Furthermore, we learned that we were not the first to discover diamagnetic levitation.
- present: Even to the present levitation is often thought to be involved in cases of demonic possession.
- such: As such, levitation is a ' paranormal ' or supernatural event comparable with miracles.
Modifies a noun
- system: They apply to new rail vehicles used on railways, tramways, monorail systems or magnetic levitation systems.
- train: The potential application of magnetic levitation to transportation has been known since the 19th century and been implemented in numerous Magnetic levitation trains.
- technology: It was opened in January 2003 and is the first commercial high-speed maglev train in the world, using state-of-the-art electromagnetic levitation technology.
- melting: Adapting mesh and magnetic field for simulations of levitation melting.
- act: Also, when Jesus did his levitation act, supposedly dead people emerged from their tombs.
Noun used with modifier
- hand: As a simple example of how feedback loops can create some of the hypnotic effects that are commonly known we may take hand levitation.
- table: In the past communicators said: ' One day you will get table levitation.
- close-up: Well Alex Markov has created the BEST of the BEST when it comes to close-up levitations.
- card: What the manufacturer says... A self-contained playing card levitation.
Browse dictionary entries near levitation
- ‹ levitate
- ‹ levirate
- ‹ Levin, Vladimir
- ‹ levin
- ‹ levigate
- ‹ levier
- ‹ levied
- ‹ leviathan
- ‹ leviable
- ‹ Levi's
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- Levitt, Arthur ›
- Levitt, William ›
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