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levitation

noun

lev·​i·​ta·​tion ˌle-və-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce levitation (audio)
: the act or process of levitating
especially : the rising or lifting of a person or thing by means held to be supernatural
levitational adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The levitation is almost like a metaphor for just trying to see things from a higher ground. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 July 2022 Kai rode his first three waves at Pe‘ahi in a state of levitation. William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Instead, there's a significantly higher threshold of 550° Celsius (1,022° F) for levitation of the ice disk to occur. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022 The 40-mile superconducting system for the magnetic-levitation train would be the first leg of a rail system that would carry passengers between Washington and New York in an hour. Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021 These jobs ranged from materials, data scientist, manufacturing at a nuclear fusion startup, mechanical engineering, and even levitation controls at the Hyperloop. Mary Juetten, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021 With only a rudimentary four-track machine and a battery of studio effects — reverb, echo, delay, phase and a syrupy slow flanger that felt like the universe breathing — Perry elevated the act of recording music into a feat of levitation. Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021 If approved, the 40-mile magnetic-levitation train system could be in operation by 2030. Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021 On great days, that investment results in something like levitation. Washington Post, 18 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of levitation was in 1668

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