levitation C2 Topic:Science & Research US /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ UK /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #41031 Meanings 1 noun the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means "I knew that you were a sleight-of-hand expert, Dick, but I did not know that levitation was one of your specialties," remarked Crane with mock gravity. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms levitationalnanolevitation Related forms buoyancy Common collocations magnetic levitation Adjective + noun Etymology From levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # levitation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌlɛvɪˈteɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 41031 ## Meanings 1. the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means ## Examples - "I knew that you were a sleight-of-hand expert, Dick, but I did not know that levitation was one of your specialties," remarked Crane with mock gravity. ## Derived Forms - levitational - nanolevitation ## Related Forms - buoyancy ## Etymology From levitate + -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown