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levitation

[ lev-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or phenomenon of levitating.
  2. the raising or rising of a body in air by supernatural means.


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Other Words From

  • levi·tation·al adjective
  • levi·tative adjective
  • self-levi·tation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of levitation1

First recorded in 1660–70; levitate + -ion
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Example Sentences

That thin air happens to be perfect for levitation with light.

The video culminates with an Exorcist-style full body levitation.

From the moment you leave the gate there is a sequence of strange noises, hisses, clunks, roars, juddering, and sudden levitation.

So [his levitation] is sort of a joke but it also feels—it does feel like a way out.

Several times during the course of this séance, and during the levitation of the table, I said, "There is no spirit."

At 9.37 a slight lifting on the left; then a lifting on the right, and a total levitation (photograph).

A third levitation takes place, after the left leg (the incriminated one) of the medium has been bound to the left leg of M. L.

Eusapia's right hand was on the table, in full view,—though sometimes she held it in the air during the levitation.

We regard this levitation as among the most important and most significant of Spiritualistic achievements.

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