noun
maglev
high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
In a sentence
Six example sentences with maglev, each labelled with its topic.
The maglev covers the thirty kilometers to the airport in seven minutes, and the ride is eerily quiet.
Travel
Building the maglev cost four times the estimate, and ticket revenue still covers barely a third of upkeep.
Economics
The maglev station rises on concrete piers above the flood plain, with a curved shell roof spanning both platforms.
Architecture
Superconducting magnets in the maglev are chilled to near absolute zero, and the train floats ten centimeters above the guideway.
Technology
Physics students visit the maglev to see how opposing magnetic fields carry a hundred tons without any wheel touching the track.
Science
Bonds sold to fund the maglev pay interest for forty years, and analysts doubt fares alone will ever service them.
Finance
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