See levitation on Wiktionary
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"en:Anti-gravity",
"en:Fictional abilities"
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"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2026 January 21, Vitali Vitaliev, “By train to a New World”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 68:",
"text": "We 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.",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "lewitacja"
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"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Schweben"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"english": "\"At the beginning of March we started installing the equipment that's needed for magnetic levitation.\"",
"ref": "2022 April 1, Conventus, “Bygget av Europas längsta fullskaliga testbana för tåg med passiv magnetisk levitation tar form i Polen”, in Järnvägsnyheter, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2024:",
"text": "- I början av mars började vi installera den utrustning som behövs för magnetisk levitation.",
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"english": "Those who were close to him testified that Padre Pio also received many gifts of grace, such as levitation (the ability to float above the ground).",
"ref": "2024 September 23, Bénédicte Cedergren, “Padre Pio av Pietrelcina – 23 september”, in Katolskt magasin, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2025:",
"text": "De som stod honom nära vittnade om att Padre Pio även fick ta emot många nådegåvor, såsom [...] levitation (förmågan att sväva över marken).",
"translation": "Those who were close to him testified that Padre Pio also received many gifts of grace, such as levitation (the ability to float above the ground).",
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