Dictionaries › English

levitation

Pronunciation: /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/

The English word “levitation” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind.
  2. The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism.

Etymology

From levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “levitation” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.