[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maglev/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / maglev

# maglev

noun (a maglev, maglevs; maglev train)

«maglev» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A maglev is a train that floats just above its track using powerful magnets, so it does not touch the rails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#m1)
2. It is short for «magnetic levitation». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in science lessons on magnets (like poles push apart) and in technology about fast transport; maglevs run in China and Japan.

### Examples

- A maglev train floats above the track. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x1)
- Maglevs can go faster than 400 kilometres an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x2)
- Shanghai has a maglev line to the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x3)
- Magnets push the maglev forward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x4)
- Because it doesn't touch the rails, a maglev is quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x5)
- We built a model maglev with fridge magnets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/#x6)

### Note

Short for «magnetic levitation»; one word, lower case. Plural: maglevs. The train does not float by magic; it uses magnets that repel each other.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «maglev» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maglev/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maglev» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maglev.html) on Mova free.