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Levitation
//ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means wordnet
- 3 The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 movement upward in virtue of lightness wordnet
- 5 the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means wordnet
Etymology
From levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate.
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