maglev
noun
mag·lev
ˈmag-lev
often attributive
1
: the use of the physical properties of magnetic fields generated by superconducting magnets to cause an object (such as a vehicle) to float above a solid surface
2
: a train utilizing maglev technology
Examples of maglev in a Sentence
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The cost of constructing a vacuum tube, a maglev system, a linear motor and a compressor is estimated to be billions of dollars.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
France and Germany have agreed to launch a new route using France’s maglev bullet train, TGV, to whisk travelers between Paris and Berlin via Strasbourg in seven hours.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024
But the Boring Company's plans scaled back from maglev trains and vacuum tubes to high-speed electric pods and then to just regular Teslas with human drivers, and interest waned.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
By that time, any thoughts of maglev or even mass transit had evaporated.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Business Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers
Oct. 20, 2023
Additionally, observes Scientific American, superconductors repel magnetic fields, which could lead to more efficient magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Baltimore’s maglev terminal would be built on the Westport site.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
The Westport property would be needed for the high-speed maglev rail regardless of the route, with route alternatives to be determined as part of an environmental impact statement through a process under the federal National Environmental Policy Act.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
Evans, in a disclosure submitted in May, reported the compensation and that his work involved a bill that would have prohibited state funding for maglev projects.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
France and Germany have agreed to launch a new route using France’s maglev bullet train, TGV, to whisk travelers between Paris and Berlin via Strasbourg in seven hours.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024
But the Boring Company's plans scaled back from maglev trains and vacuum tubes to high-speed electric pods and then to just regular Teslas with human drivers, and interest waned.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
By that time, any thoughts of maglev or even mass transit had evaporated.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Business Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers
Oct. 20, 2023
Additionally, observes Scientific American, superconductors repel magnetic fields, which could lead to more efficient magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Baltimore’s maglev terminal would be built on the Westport site.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
The Westport property would be needed for the high-speed maglev rail regardless of the route, with route alternatives to be determined as part of an environmental impact statement through a process under the federal National Environmental Policy Act.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
Evans, in a disclosure submitted in May, reported the compensation and that his work involved a bill that would have prohibited state funding for maglev projects.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
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“Maglev.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maglev. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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