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Magnetic levitation   /mægnˈɛtɪk lˌɛvɪtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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magnetic levitation  n.  The process of supporting an object, such as a vehicle, with a magnetic field so that it does not contact the object supporting it; it is a method used for eliminating friction in moving vehicles, and is used, e.g. in high-speed rail technology where a train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction.





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... name, Gregg Haljan. My age, twenty-five years. I was, at the time my narrative begins, Third Officer on the Space-Ship Planetara. Our line was newly established; in 2070, to be exact, following the modern improvements of the Martel Magnetic Levitation.[1] ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 • Various


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