levitation

See also: lévitation

English

Etymology

From levitate +‎ -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

levitation (countable and uncountable, plural levitations)

  1. The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind
  2. The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism
    • 1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 4, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 90:
      It was erected by the application of those universal laws and forces of nature which cause iron to float. By the same laws, gravity may be overcome or neutralized, and stone made to float in air. The Pyramid was thus built by levitation, abetted by song and chanting, much in the same manner in which the Druids of England set up their huge stones at a later period.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lévitation.

Noun

levitation c

  1. levitation
    • 2022 April 1, Conventus, “Bygget av Europas längsta fullskaliga testbana för tåg med passiv magnetisk levitation tar form i Polen”, in Järnvägsnyheter‎[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2024:
      - I början av mars började vi installera den utrustning som behövs för magnetisk levitation.
      "At the beginning of March we started installing the equipment that's needed for magnetic levitation."
    • 2024 September 23, Bénédicte Cedergren, “Padre Pio av Pietrelcina – 23 september”, in Katolskt magasin‎[2], archived from the original on 15 January 2025:
      De som stod honom nära vittnade om att Padre Pio även fick ta emot många nådegåvor, såsom [...] levitation (förmågan att sväva över marken).
      Those who were close to him testified that Padre Pio also received many gifts of grace, such as levitation (the ability to float above the ground).

Declension

Declension of levitation
nominative genitive
singular indefinite levitation levitations
definite levitationen levitationens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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