levitation
pronunciation
How to pronounce levitation in British English:
UK [ˌlevɪ'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce levitation in American English:
US [ˌlevɪ'teɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
- movement upward in virtue of lightness
- the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
Word Origin
- levitation (n.)
- 1660s, noun of action from Latin levitas (see levitate) + -ion.
Example
- 1. Magnetic levitation is still faster .
- 2. With a top speed of 430 kph , shanghai 's maglev or magnetic levitation train is one of the symbols of a city undergoing rapid modernisation .
- 3. Last month , a group of researchers at harvard university and the national institutes of health reported that it had accomplished something not unlike levitation , causing a microscopic sphere of gold to rise above a glass surface .
- 4. I went out to shanghai 's airport in the fabulous german-made maglev train , which whisked me out of the city by magnetic levitation at 450 kph .
- 5. The expo was notable for screening the first ever imax film as well as demonstrating early mobile phone and magnetic levitation technology .