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lev·i·ta·tion (lev″ĭ-taґshən) [L. levis light] 1. a hallucinatory sensation of floating or rising in the air. 2. a support system for severe burn victims, consisting of a bed in the form of an inflatable chamber containing numerous outlets through which humidified, warm, sterile air is released at a pressure sufficient to raise the patient and give support in a sterile air environment.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Levitation — (from Latin levitas lightness ) [ Levitate , to rise by virtue of lightness, from Latin levitas lightness, patterned in English on gravitate : [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=levitate Online Etymology Dictionary] ] is the process by… … Wikipedia
lévitation — [ levitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1863; angl. levitation, du lat. levitas « légèreté » 1 ♦ Parapsychol. Élévation d objets pesants, spécialt le corps humain, par un procédé psychokinétique. Lévitation d un yogi en état de transe (⇒ léviter) . 2 ♦ Phys.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Levitation — Lévitation Lévitation de Daniel Dunglas Home (1852) La lévitation est le fait, pour un être ou un objet, de se déplacer ou de rester en suspension au dessus du sol, sous l effet d une force, connue ou inconnue, plus forte que la gravitation. Ce… … Wikipédia en Français
Levitation — bezeichnet Levitation (Parapsychologie), ein parapsychologisches Phänomen, bei dem Menschen und Gegenstände unerklärlich schweben sollen Levitation (Technik), ein technisches Verfahren, bei dem ein Objekt mit Hilfe einer Kraft zum Schweben… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
levitation — 1660s, noun of action from L. levitas (see LEVITATE (Cf. levitate)) + ION (Cf. ion) … Etymology dictionary
levitation — [lev΄ə tā′shən] n. 1. a levitating or being levitated 2. the illusion of raising and keeping a heavy body in the air with little or no physical support … English World dictionary
levitation — levitational, adj. levitative, adj. /lev i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or phenomenon of levitating. 2. the raising or rising of a body in air by supernatural means. [1660 70; LEVITATE + ION] * * * rising of a human body off the ground, in… … Universalium
Levitation — levitacija statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. levitating; levitation vok. Levitation, f rus. левитация, f pranc. lévitation, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
levitation — levitacija statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. levitating; levitation vok. Levitation, f rus. левитация, f pranc. lévitation, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
lévitation — levitacija statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. levitating; levitation vok. Levitation, f rus. левитация, f pranc. lévitation, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
