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levitation

[lev-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌlɛv ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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This unique ability makes them extremely valuable for technologies such as efficient power transmission, energy storage, magnetic levitation systems, and quantum computers.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Some of the most exciting and promising clean tech — like magnetic levitation trains and other low-cost, high-speed transportation — could finally be viable for mass development with superconductor use.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2023

The levitation, the scientists said, demonstrated the Meissner effect, which ensures zero magnetic field inside a superconductor.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Anyone who has seen “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” knows that Emma Watson is a master of levitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

“It’s more like a warehouse. In the garage. That’s where the new levitation trick is.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein