magnetic levitation

noun

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China has successfully tested a magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology which could see trains travel faster than most planes. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025 Second, the device relies on a single rotor that is suspended inside the device's housing via magnetic levitation – the same technology used by high-speed trains around the world. Michael Franco, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025 To one day transport cargo across the dusty, cratered landscape, NASA is considering a magnetic levitation railway system. Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 21 May 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for magnetic levitation

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First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnetic levitation was in 1966

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“Magnetic levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20levitation. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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