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1. levitation
noun. ['ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən'] the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means.
Antonyms
Rhymes with Levitation
- deinstitutionalization
- institutionalization
- self-congratulation
- antidiscrimination
- telecommunication
- nondiscrimination
- misrepresentation
- mischaracterization
- internationalization
- industrialization
- decriminalization
- transillumination
- self-determination
- renationalization
- recapitalization
- prestidigitation
- misinterpretation
- misidentification
- miscommunication
- experimentation
- excommunication
- disqualification
- discontinuation
- denationalization
- decentralization
- transplantation
- singularization
- self-perpetuation
- securitization
- reinterpretation
Sentences with levitation
1. Noun, singular or mass
A maglev is a train that runs on magnetic levitation, being propelled along the track by polar force.
Quotes about levitation
1. It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had spent twenty years of his human existence learning to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin.
- Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
2. levitation
noun. ['ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən'] the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means.
