| levitate | (v) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity, Example: The magician levitated the woman |
| levitate | (v) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity, Syn. hover, Example: The guru claimed that he could levitate |
| levitation | (n) the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means |
| levitation | (n) movement upward in virtue of lightness, Ant. gravitation |
| levitation | (n) the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means |
| magnetic levitation | (n) high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction, Syn. maglev |
| Levitate | v. i. [ L. levitas, -atis, lightness. See Levity. ] To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Sir. J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Levitate | v. t. (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Levitation | n. [ L. levis light in weight. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act or process of making buoyant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| 升空 | [shēng kōng, ㄕㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ, 升 空] lift-off; to levitate #14,577 [Add to Longdo] |
| 磁悬浮 | [cí xuán fú, ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˊ, 磁 悬 浮 / 磁 懸 浮] magnetic levitation (train); maglev #25,242 [Add to Longdo] |
| 飞升 | [fēi shēng, ㄈㄟ ㄕㄥ, 飞 升 / 飛 升] to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices) #29,875 [Add to Longdo] |
| 飞升 | [fēi shēng, ㄈㄟ ㄕㄥ, 飞 升 / 飛 昇] to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off; to soar (of prices) #29,875 [Add to Longdo] |
| 磁浮 | [cí fú, ㄘˊ ㄈㄨˊ, 磁 浮] maglev (type of train); magnetic levitation #42,143 [Add to Longdo] |
| 羽化 | [yǔ huà, ㄩˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 羽 化] levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven #49,309 [Add to Longdo] |