Magnetic levitation

thumb|A high-temperature superconductor levitating above a magnet. A persistent electric current flows on the surface of the superconductor, acting to exclude the magnetic field of the magnet (Meissner effect). This current effectively forms an electromagnet that repels the magnet.

Russian-born Dutch-British physicist

thumb|Pyrolytic carbon has one of the largest diamagnetic constants of any room temperature material. Here a pyrolytic carbon sheet is levitated by its repulsion from the strong magnetic field of [[neodymium magnets]]

electromagnetic phenomena where changing magnetic fields induce currents with opposing fields

expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state

method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields

type of magnet

permanent magnets made from alloys of rare earth elements

type of bearing

thumb|right|Gulliver discovers Laputa, the flying island (illustration by J. J. Grandville) thumb|right|The Queen of Laputa, from a French edition of ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1850s)

special arrangement of permanent magnets that augments the magnetic field on one side of the array while cancelling the field to near zero on the other side

proposed system for launching objects into orbit

British electrical engineer (1921–1997)

concept of an enormous artificial ring placed around the Earth that rotates at an angular rate that is faster than the rotation of the Earth

thumb|300px|A brief demonstration and small explanation about the Levitron levitating top device.

man-made compound from carbon

thumb|right|A superconductor acts as an essentially perfect diamagnetic material when placed in a magnetic field and it excludes the field, and so the flux lines completely avoid the region

phenomenon related to superconductivity