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levitation
(encz) | levitation,levitace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Levitation
(gcide) | Levitation \Lev`i*ta"tion\ (-t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. levis light
in weight.]
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1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. --Paley.
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2. The act or process of making buoyant.
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levitation
(wn) | levitation
n 1: the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by
apparently supernatural means
2: movement upward in virtue of lightness [ant: gravitation]
3: the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably
spiritualistic means |
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magnetic levitation
(encz) | magnetic levitation, n: |
Levitation
(gcide) | Levitation \Lev`i*ta"tion\ (-t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. levis light
in weight.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. --Paley.
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2. The act or process of making buoyant.
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magnetic levitation
(gcide) | magnetic levitation \magnetic levitation\ n.
The process of supporting an object, such as a vehicle, with
a magnetic field so that it does not contact the object
supporting it; it is a method used for eliminating friction
in moving vehicles, and is used, e.g. in high-speed rail
technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion
above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction.
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magnetic levitation
(wn) | magnetic levitation
n 1: high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a
magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels
free of friction [syn: magnetic levitation, maglev] |
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