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levitate

[lev-i-teyt] / ˈlɛv ɪˌteɪt /


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This causes microdroplets to levitate and jump off the surface within milliseconds at lower temperatures because the speed of boiling can be controlled by changing the height of the pillars.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

It might run through your head as a young girl spreads jam on a piece of bread, or as a multitude of floating, smiling white puffballs, known as warawara, levitate blissfully skyward.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

Nothing that would allow me to fly or levitate.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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