maglev

«maglev» in Mova's school dictionary: a train that floats just above its track using powerful… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a maglev, maglevs; maglev train)

meaning for a pupil

1) A maglev is a train that floats just above its track using powerful magnets, so it does not touch the rails. tree →

2) It is short for «magnetic levitation». tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in science lessons on magnets (like poles push apart) and in technology about fast transport; maglevs run in China and Japan.

examples

• A maglev train floats above the track. tree →
• Maglevs can go faster than 400 kilometres an hour. tree →
• Shanghai has a maglev line to the airport. tree →
• Magnets push the maglev forward. tree →
• Because it doesn't touch the rails, a maglev is quiet. tree →
• We built a model maglev with fridge magnets. tree →

note

Short for «magnetic levitation»; one word, lower case. Plural: maglevs. The train does not float by magic; it uses magnets that repel each other.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «maglev» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.