Levitation

See also lévitation

English

Etymology

From the verb to levitate (from Latin levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate) + -ation.

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

Singular Levitation

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Wikipedia

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

Translations

raising of something without apparent physical cause

Czech: levitace cs(cs) f. Danish: levitation da(da) c. Dutch: levitatie Finnish: leijutus fi(fi), levitaatio fi(fi)

Hungarian: lebegés hu(hu), felemelkedés hu(hu), levitáció hu(hu) Polish: lewitacja pl(pl) f. Russian: левитация ru(ru) (l'evitácija) f. Slovak: levitácia sk(sk) f.

technical suspension without mechanical support

Czech: vznášení se cs(cs) n., vznášení cs(cs) n. Dutch: draadloze ophanging Finnish: leijutus fi(fi), levitaatio fi(fi)

Polish: lewitacja pl(pl) f. Russian: левитация ru(ru) (l'evitácija) f. Slovak: vznášanie sk(sk) n.

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Albanian: levitacioni Arabic: تحليق, إسترفاع Bulgarian: левитация Catalan: levitació Chinese: 悬停 Croatian: levitácija hr(hr) f. Estonian: õhkukerkimine French: lévitation Galician: levitación German: Levitation, Schweben Indonesian: pengangkatan Italian: levitazione it(it) f.

Japanese: 空中浮遊 (くうちゅうふゆう, kūchūfuyu), 空中浮揚 (くうちゅうふよう, kūchūfuyo) Korean: 공중부양 Lithuanian: levitacija Norwegian: levitasjon Persian: معراج, شناورى Portuguese: levitação Romanian: levitaţie Serbian: левитација, levitacija Spanish: levitación Swedish: levitation sv(sv) Tagalog: paglutang Turkish: levitasyon Ukrainian: піднімання

See also

• buoyancy

Anagrams

• aeiilnottv,
• velitation

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