To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity This is a form of telekinetic activity, sometimes associated with poltergeist type hauntings It is when a person or object is raised off of the ground and sometimes thrown by an unseen force
{i} act of levitating, act of rising and floating; act of causing someone or something to rise in air (Spiritualism)
the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
The rising into the air from the ground of an object or person Apparitions often appear to be hovering a few feet away from the floor, and previously inanimate objects can suddenly levitate during a poltergeist attack
the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means movement upward in virtue of lightness the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman
If someone or something levitates, they appear to rise and float in the air without any support from other people or objects. He has claimed he can levitate Nina can, apparently, levitate a small ball between her hands. + levitation levi·ta·tion such magical powers as levitation, prophecy, and healing. to rise and float in the air by magic, or to make someone or something do this (levity)
A high-speed rail technology by which a train can travel free of friction at speeds of 480 kilometers (300 miles) per hour or more. The train is suspended on a magnetic cushion about half an inch above an elevated magnetic track, whose moving magnetic field alternately attracts and repels magnets mounted on the train, which is pushed and pulled along by this process