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MAGNETIC LEVITATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic levitation mean?
• MAGNETIC LEVITATION (noun)
The noun MAGNETIC LEVITATION has 1 sense:
1. high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
Familiarity information: MAGNETIC LEVITATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
High-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
maglev; magnetic levitation
Hypernyms ("magnetic levitation" is a kind of...):
rail technology; railroading (the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads)
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