levitate
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This causes microdroplets to levitate and jump off the surface within milliseconds at lower temperatures because the speed of boiling can be controlled by changing the height of the pillars.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2024
His narrator, Richard, is the least shiny of a golden foursome whose youth, beauty and careless wealth allow them to levitate somewhere over Sydney Harbor, happily encased in the champagne bubble of their bottomless self-regard.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
It’s the spell you cast to levitate something.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023
This vapour layer reduces the rate of heat transfer and makes liquid cooling on the hot surface ineffective, causing the liquid to levitate and skid across the surface.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023
On one trip, he watched with gentle amusement as women in flowing skirts and love beads put flowers in soldiers’ guns, then sat on the lawn, holding hands, trying to levitate the Pentagon.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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