different between levitation vs levitate

English

Etymology

levitate +? -ion, from Latin levitas (“lightness”), patterned in English on gravitate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

levitation (countable and uncountable, plural levitations)

1. The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind
2. The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism

   • It was erected by the application of those universal laws and forces of nature which cause iron to float. By the same laws, gravity may be overcome or neutralized, and stone made to float in air. The Pyramid was thus built by levitation, abetted by song and chanting, much in the same manner in which the Druids of England set up their huge stones at a later period.

Translations

See also

• buoyancy

Further reading

• Levitation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Levitation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• velitation

English

Etymology

Latin lev? (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?v?te?t/

Verb

levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)

1. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

   The magician levitated the woman.

2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

   The guru claimed that he could levitate.

Related terms

• levitation

Translations

Italian

Verb

levitate

1. second-person plural present of levitare
2. second-person plural imperative of levitare

Anagrams

• elettiva

Latin

Noun

levit?te

1. ablative singular of levit?s