The show court is moveable : it floats on air like a hovercraft and can be positioned in the athletics hall for all major tournaments.
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It travels faster than conventional trains because it floats on air _ held a few millmeters ( fractions on an inch ) above its rails by powerful opposing magnets.
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It travels faster than conventional trains because it floats on air _ held a few millimeters ( fractions on an inch ) above its rails by powerful opposing magnets.
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Not only can its seeds float on air, they have tiny barbs that allow them to hitch rides by adhering to clothes, shoes, paws and tires, he said.
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This week, they continued to talk as if there were reason to float on air even though they were actually a salvage team struggling to bring a sunken wreck to the surface.
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Byars approached the big imponderables of life-- love and death-- with a straight-faced, cornball glee and sense of style that could make them float on air.
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Maglev is the fastest rail system in the world, far outstripping conventional trains because it floats on air _ held a few millimeters ( fractions on an inch ) above its rail by powerful opposing magnets.
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Debussy's precise notation, his extreme care with exact rhythmic values and tempo indications _ indeed, his hidden controls over music that seems to float on air _ require a scrupulosity of phrase closer to Mozart than to Scriabin.
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Instead of the dovetailed ways used on the tool slide of a metal-turning lathe, the ways typically float on air bearings, and the position of the tool is measured by optical interferometry to achieve the necessary standard of precision for optical work.
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Built by Eero Saarinen, better known for the Gateway Arch in St . Louis, it conveys " sacred space " as few other places can, with a roof that appears to float on air and a spire that soars 192 feet ( 58 meters ).
