magnetic levitation

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• A proposal by a consortium of Japanese and West German firms to install a magnetic-levitation demonstration project connecting the Orlando airport and EPCOT stimulated interest among leaders in the Tampa Bay area, who are seeking innovative ways to fund their transit systems.

  Academic text (1990)

• A surface-level air-evacuated tunnel in which a train rode on a magnetic levitation field could travel at 7,000 miles per hour.

  Blog text (2)

• And I repeat: This problem will be much easier in a few years when they replace that ancient "wheel" technology with magnetic levitation.

  Blog text (21)

• ROSS: These train things... that's magnetic levitation, right?

  Black Panther (2018)

• Other fixed-guideway systems were offered as a counterpoint; chief among those was the magnetic-levitation technology.

  Academic text (1990)

• In magnetic launch, the vehicle is accelerated horizontally along a track, using magnetic levitation to eliminate friction.

  Academic text (2001)

• Jonathan Parkinson is a science and technology writer who has most recently published an in-depth look at plans for magnetic levitation and other high-speed trains.

  Academic text (2008)

• It announced plans to link Miami and Tampa Bay by the end of the 1990s with a high-speed "bullet train," which focused public attention on the magnetic-levitation technology to the detriment of light rail transit.

  Academic text (1990)

• Changchun Railway Vehicle Co. of Changchun City, China, has already made more than 27,000 freight railcars and 1,700 urban rail vehicles, which include monorail and magnetic levitation vehicles.

  Academic text (2006)

• The magnetic levitation train glided smoothly above the tracks, demonstrating the innovative technology of frictionless travel.

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