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optical levitation

optical levitation noun: the use of optical tweezers to suspend an object in air or vacuum without additional support.

Noun

optical levitation (uncountable)

  1. The use of optical tweezers to suspend an object in air or vacuum without additional support.

Questions about optical levitation

What does optical levitation mean?
Optical levitation means the use of optical tweezers to suspend an object in air or vacuum without additional support.
What part of speech is optical levitation?
Optical levitation is a noun.

Words near optical levitation in the dictionary

  1. optical landing systems
  2. optical lattice
  3. optical lattice clock
  4. optical lattice clocks
  5. optical lattices
  6. optical levitation
  7. optical media
  8. optical mice
  9. optical microscope
  10. optical microscopes
  11. optical mouse

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