Meanings
plural levitations
- countableuncountableThe suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism.
2 more examples
It was erected by the application of those universal laws and forces of nature which cause iron to float. By the same laws, gravity may be overcome or neutralized, and stone made to float in air. The Pyramid was thus built by levitation, abetted by song and chanting, much in the same manner in which the Druids of England set up their huge stones at a later period.
1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 4, in Edgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page 90We then had to endure a four-hour-long change of bogies at Brest - from the Soviet 1520mm-wide gauge to the 1435mm Polish and West European - when our carriage, with passengers inside, was lifted off the track by giant railway jacks, giving us a brief and not entirely unpleasant feeling of levitation.
2026 January 21, Vitali Vitaliev, “By train to a New World”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 68
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian левита́ция
- левита́ция (levitácija)raising of something without apparent physical cause
Catalan levitació, levitació
- levitacióraising of something without apparent physical cause
- levitaciótechnical suspension without mechanical support
Czech levitace, vznášení se
- levitaceraising of something without apparent physical cause
- vznášení setechnical suspension without mechanical support
- vznášenítechnical suspension without mechanical support
Danish levitation
- levitationraising of something without apparent physical cause
Dutch levitatie
- levitatieraising of something without apparent physical cause
Esperanto levitacio
- levitacioraising of something without apparent physical cause
Finnish leijutus, levitaatio
- leijutusraising of something without apparent physical cause
- levitaatioraising of something without apparent physical cause
- leijutustechnical suspension without mechanical support
- levitaatiotechnical suspension without mechanical support
German Levitation, Schweben
- Levitationraising of something without apparent physical cause
- Schwebentechnical suspension without mechanical support
Hindi प्रोत्थापन
- प्रोत्थापन (protthāpan)raising of something without apparent physical cause
Hungarian lebegés, felemelkedés
- lebegésraising of something without apparent physical cause
- felemelkedésraising of something without apparent physical cause
- levitációraising of something without apparent physical cause
Latin levatio
- levatioraising of something without apparent physical cause
Polish lewitacja, lewitacja
- lewitacjaraising of something without apparent physical cause
- lewitacjatechnical suspension without mechanical support
Portuguese levitação, levitação
- levitaçãoraising of something without apparent physical cause
- levitaçãotechnical suspension without mechanical support
Romanian levitație
- levitațieraising of something without apparent physical cause
Russian левита́ция, левита́ция
- левита́ция (levitácija)raising of something without apparent physical cause
- левита́ция (levitácija)technical suspension without mechanical support
Slovak levitácia, vznášanie
- levitáciaraising of something without apparent physical cause
- vznášanietechnical suspension without mechanical support
Swedish levitation
- levitationraising of something without apparent physical cause
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Cite this entry
levitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levitation
“levitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “levitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levitation.
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