levitation
part of speech
noun (levitation — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
Levitation is rising or floating in the air without anything visible holding it up, as if by magic. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, fantasy and magic shows, wizards and magicians make people or objects levitate; magicians use hidden tricks and illusions. In science, real levitation can be done with magnets (maglev trains float above the track) or with air or sound pushing up; it always has a force behind it. In lessons about tricks and illusions, pupils learn that magic levitation is a trick, not real magic. Phrases: magnetic levitation, a levitation trick.
examples
- The magician's levitation trick amazed the audience. tree →
- Maglev trains use magnetic levitation to float above the track. tree →
- In the story, the wizard used levitation to lift the rock. tree →
- The levitation was an illusion with a hidden support. tree →
- We made a paper clip float using a magnet, a kind of levitation. tree →
- Real levitation always needs a force like magnetism or air. tree →
note
Uncountable. Verb: levitate. Trap: no person can truly float by magic or by thinking hard; stage levitation is a trick. In science, gravity pulls everything down, so levitation needs an upward force to balance it.
Trees and pragmatics
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