levitation
noun
lev·i·ta·tion
ˌle-və-ˈtā-shən 
: the act or process of levitating
especially
: the rising or lifting of a person or thing by means held to be supernatural
Examples of levitation in a Sentence
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After all, this levitation answers the question hanging over the entire 10 episodes.
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Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Which suggests that any changes in conductivity are coming from something else, like the contaminant highlighted by Jain.
About the levitation
But changes in conductivity aren't the only aspects of superconductivity that were originally reported for LK-99.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
To me, the levitation was a symbol of the profoundly dysfunctional relationship between Asher and Whitney.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Mayer shrewdly understood his role: offering ballast and tasteful guitar levitations, dressing understatedly, careful not to overshadow Ace, just another gifted player in a tight but loose band.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Chang stressed that the levitation observed does not necessarily mean that the material is a superconductor—there are many materials that exhibit strong diamagnetism, which could be hard to distinguish from perfect diamagnetism, that are not superconductors, such as bismuth and graphite.
—Will Henshall, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Which suggests that any changes in conductivity are coming from something else, like the contaminant highlighted by Jain.
About the levitation
But changes in conductivity aren't the only aspects of superconductivity that were originally reported for LK-99.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
To me, the levitation was a symbol of the profoundly dysfunctional relationship between Asher and Whitney.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Those that fall are lifted out of the way, as if by levitation, then lowered back into place after each frame.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
So the students tried out a different solution — quantum levitation.
—Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
The same goes for the bag of tricks that was once terrifying, including levitation, violent convulsions and creative barfing, this time swapping pea-soup for black sludge and curls of smoke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Mayer shrewdly understood his role: offering ballast and tasteful guitar levitations, dressing understatedly, careful not to overshadow Ace, just another gifted player in a tight but loose band.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Chang stressed that the levitation observed does not necessarily mean that the material is a superconductor—there are many materials that exhibit strong diamagnetism, which could be hard to distinguish from perfect diamagnetism, that are not superconductors, such as bismuth and graphite.
—Will Henshall, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
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levitation
noun
lev·i·ta·tion
ˌlev-ə-ˈtā-shən
: the act or process of levitating
especially
: the rising or lifting of a person or thing as if by magic
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