How to Use magnetic levitation in a Sentence

magnetic levitation

noun
  • There wouldn’t be any axle; the tires would be held in place by magnetic levitation.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2021
  • As the person gets close to the ground, magnetic levitation would hopefully buoy them back up.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The team used a 200kW battery and opted for a system on wheels rather than magnetic levitation.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 23 July 2018
  • The bullet train is able to travel at such high speeds because of magnetic levitation.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 July 2021
  • To do away with the former, the pod needs to hover above its track, making hyperloop a magnetic levitation (maglev) train.
    Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Using magnetic levitation, the pod that the company hopes to one day fill with people and cargo attained 240 mph — a new speed record for the company.
    Max Londberg, kansascity, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The train pods would hover above the track, using either magnetic levitation or air-bearings.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The pod, which floats through magnetic levitation, was successfully propelled down the test track at speeds of 300 mph this afternoon.
    Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2016
  • The pods glide at speeds similar to airplanes while floating above the ground using magnetic levitation.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 21 June 2021
  • If the external field is strong enough, this can even overcome the force of gravity, leading to the phenomenon of magnetic levitation.
    Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • That’s right—the train, which takes just over 7 minutes to complete the journey using magnetic levitation (maglev) technology, doesn’t go to the city center.
    Cynthia Drescher, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The pod quickly lifts above the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds for long distances due to ultra-low aerodynamic drag.
    Alice Bonasio, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Virgin's system includes magnetic levitation, much like used in advanced high speed rail projects in Japan and Germany.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Goodyear Eagle-360 would use magnetic levitation (MagLev) to suspend the vehicle over the tires by magnetic field.
    Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2016
  • The unproven high-speed transportation system uses magnetic levitation similar to that of high-speed rail projects in Japan and Germany.
    Harold Maass, TheWeek, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The startup is working on technology that would use magnetic levitation in low-pressure tubes to transport people and goods at airplane-like speeds.
    P R Sanjai, Bloomberg.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The project will use technology similar to the magnetic levitation trains that operate in Europe and Asia.
    Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Virgin's system includes magnetic levitation, much like the technology used in advanced high-speed rail projects in Japan and Germany.
    Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2021
  • The pods, which travel through a low-pressure tube using magnetic levitation, will also be capable of hauling cargo.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Radyjowski said that part of the reason most other student teams design pods with magnetic levitation rather than air bearings is that air bearings require high-pressure air tanks, which make running the pod at high speed more dangerous.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 23 July 2018
  • But before baggage restrictions, Wi-Fi, and magnetic levitation, the slow train journey was the destination.
    Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Hyperloop tracks will also have to be of higher quality than traditional high-speed rail or magnetic levitation, Goodall said, to ensure a smooth ride quality.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Well, that, plus some crazy engineering, magnetic levitation, giant vacuums and yep, tubes that could someday fling us around at near supersonic speeds.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Hyperloop is a transit system where pods carrying passengers and cargo use magnetic levitation to glide above a track system.
    Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Platforms will be propelled electrically and will hover over the track using magnetic levitation.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2017
  • On top of the costs of magnetic levitation, hyperloop companies will also have to pay for an enclosed tube that's keep at low pressure, even though at least one company, Virgin Hyperloop, maintains that operating costs can be kept low.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Billionaire backing and the employment of passive magnetic levitation, which uses unpowered loops of wire on the track and permanent magnets in the pods to create levitation, helps address these issues.
    Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 12 Oct. 2018
  • The Maglev, or magnetic levitation train, runs on cutting-edge technology.
    Mei Zhang, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Quantum magnetic levitation boils down to something called the Meissner effect, which only occurs when a material is cold enough to behave like a superconductor.
    Jennifer Hackett, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2015
  • Musk originally proposed a hyperloop—a pressurized tube through which things can travel at high speed using magnetic levitation—as a more efficient form of transportation, but his company has more recently backed away from the idea.
    WIRED, 7 Nov. 2022

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