magnetic levitation

noun

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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 Advertisement After the experiments, the students agreed that quantum levitation was more stable than magnetic levitation. Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 10 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for magnetic levitation 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnetic levitation was in 1966

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“Magnetic levitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20levitation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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