magnetic levitation

noun

: maglev sense 1

Examples of magnetic levitation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Meanwhile, researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China posted a video on Aug. 1, showing magnetic levitation of a LK-99 sample. —Will Henshall, Time, 3 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for magnetic levitation

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