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levitate [ˈlɛvɪˌteɪt] vb
1. to rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to supernatural causes 2. (Medicine) (tr) Med to support (a patient) on a cushion of air in the treatment of severe burns [from Latin levis light + -tate, as in gravitate] levitation n levitator n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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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