Associations to the word «Levitation»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

LEVITATION, noun. The phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means.
LEVITATION, noun. Movement upward in virtue of lightness.
LEVITATION, noun. The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.