levitation
le·vi·ta·tion
noun
1.
the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
3.
the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
Origin
From levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate.
Phrases
- magnetic levitation
- optical levitation
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