levitation

/,levi'teiʃn/

Thân thiện

A magician performs an act of levitation on stage.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or process of rising or floating in the air, especially in a way that appears to defy gravity. This is the core meaning, often associated with magic, illusion, or supernatural phenomena.
   • The illusion of raising a body or object, making it seem to float without physical support. This meaning emphasizes the perceptual effect, commonly used in magic tricks and stage performances.
   • A state of being suspended in the air without visible support.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The magician's most famous trick was the levitation of his assistant above the stage.
  • Some mystical traditions describe levitation as a sign of spiritual advancement.
  • The science exhibit demonstrated magnetic levitation, making the train model float above the track.

Advanced Usage

• "To perform levitation": to execute the act of making something or someone appear to float.
  • The illusionist spent years perfecting how to perform levitation convincingly.
• "An act of levitation": a specific instance or demonstration of floating.
  • Witnessing an act of levitation left the audience in awe.

Variants and Related Words

• Levitate (verb): to rise or float in the air, or to cause to do so.
  • The storyteller claimed the yogi could levitate during meditation.
• Levitator (noun): a person or device that causes levitation.
  • The new technology acted as a magnetic levitator for the display.

Synonyms

• Floating: resting on the surface of a liquid or suspended in air.
• Hovering: remaining in one place in the air.
• Suspension: the state of being hung from a support.

Related Phrases

• Magnetic levitation (Maglev): a method of propulsion that uses magnetic fields to suspend and propel vehicles, like trains, without touching the ground.
  • Maglev trains use magnetic levitation to achieve incredibly high speeds with minimal friction.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
2. movement upward in virtue of lightness
3. the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means