levitation
NounUS[lev-ih-tey-shuhn]/ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural meansType of phenomenon
- movement upward in virtue of lightnessOpposite gravitationType of change of location, travel
- the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic meansType of rise, ascent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lev′i·ta′tion (-tā′shŭn), noun
Origin: L. levis light in weight.
1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley, William
2. The act or process of making buoyant.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54