'Levitation' definitions:
Definition of 'levitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means
noun
Movement upward in virtue of lightness [ant: gravitation]
noun
The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
Definition of 'Levitation'
From: GCIDE
- Levitation \Lev`i*ta"tion\ (-t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. levis light in weight.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or process of making buoyant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'levitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airiness,
- anabasis,
- ascension,
- ascent,
- automatic writing,
- automatism,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- clamber,
- climb,
- climbing,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- downiness,
- elevation,
- escalade,
- ethereality,
- floatability,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- fountain,
- frothiness,
- gentleness,
- gossameriness,
- gush,
- gyring up,
- increase,
- jet,
- jump,
- lack of weight,
- leap,
- levity,
- lightness,
- materialization,
- mount,
- mounting,
- Ouija,
- planchette,
- poltergeist,
- poltergeistism,
- psychography,
- psychorrhagy,
- rise,
- rising,
- rocketing up,
- saltation,
- shooting up,
- soaring,
- softness,
- spirit manifestation,
- spirit rapping,
- spout,
- spring,
- spurt,
- surge,
- table tipping,
- takeoff,
- taking off,
- telekinesis,
- teleportation,
- telesthesia,
- tenderness,
- trance speaking,
- unheaviness,
- upclimb,
- upcoming,
- updraft,
- upgang,
- upgo,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- upgrowth,
- uphill,
- upleap,
- uplift,
- upping,
- uprisal,
- uprise,
- uprising,
- uprush,
- upshoot,
- upslope,
- upsurge,
- upsurgence,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- vault,
- volatility,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness,
- zooming