"levitation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levitation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: levitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|levitate|ion}} levitate + -ion, {{uder|en|la|levitas||lightness}} Latin levitas (“lightness”), {{m|en|gravitate}} gravitate Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} levitation (countable and uncountable, plural levitations)
  1. The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fictional abilities Translations (raising of something without apparent physical cause): левита́ция (levitácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), levitació [feminine] (Catalan), levitace [feminine] (Czech), levitation [common-gender] (Danish), levitatie (Dutch), levitacio (Esperanto), leijutus (Finnish), levitaatio (Finnish), Levitation (German), lebegés (Hungarian), felemelkedés (Hungarian), levitáció (Hungarian), levatio (Latin), lewitacja [feminine] (Polish), levitação [feminine] (Portuguese), levitație [feminine] (Romanian), левита́ция (levitácija) [feminine] (Russian), levitácia [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-levitation-en-noun-f~r76BCj Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'raising of something without apparent physical cause': 91 9
  2. The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anti-gravity, Fictional abilities Translations (technical suspension without mechanical support): levitació [feminine] (Catalan), vznášení se [neuter] (Czech), vznášení [neuter] (Czech), leijutus (Finnish), levitaatio (Finnish), Schweben (German), lewitacja [feminine] (Polish), levitação [feminine] (Portuguese), левита́ция (levitácija) [feminine] (Russian), vznášanie [neuter] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-levitation-en-noun-OfJAjmmo Disambiguation of Anti-gravity: 38 62 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ion, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 38 62 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'technical suspension without mechanical support': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: magnetic levitation, optical levitation Related terms: buoyancy

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vznášení se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vznášení"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "word": "leijutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "word": "levitaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "word": "Schweben"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lewitacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "levitação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "levitácija",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "левита́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "technical suspension without mechanical support",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vznášanie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "levitation"
}

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