Levitation is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via any physical contact.
A cube magnet levitating over a superconducting material (known as the Meissner effect)
a high-temperature superconductor levitating above magnet
A magnetically levitated (maglev) train departing Shanghai Pudong International Airport on the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world.
Diamagnetic levitation of a live frog.
In science and engineering, the weight of an object, is the force acting on the object due to acceleration of gravity.
A weighbridge, used for weighing trucks
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