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levitation [lev′itā′shən] Etymology: L, levitas, lightness, atus, process (in psychiatry) a hallucinatory sensation of floating or rising in the air. levitate, v. levitation, n in psychiatry, a hallucinatory sensation of rising or floating into the air. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Young Magician And His Wife (after a photograph of the author's parents, newly married): If one can believe such things,/the afternoon blushes/with summer's articulate brilliance/as my dad levitates my mom. White with light, the exposed elevation of the museum floated like an apparition, just as the inside spaces appear to levitate, with the atrium supported from above and the walls separated by thin bands from the floors. More important, it has a built-in variable-frequency/variable-speed drive and frictionless magnetic bearings that require only 2 amps to levitate and start rotation of the compressor shaft. |
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