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- noun Plural form of
maglev .
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Examples
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For me, though, the answer is obvious: set Atlas Shrugged in a near future society where airlines and trucking have collapsed and been replaced by high speed rail/maglevs.
An Ideal Atlas Shrugged Film | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Various levels of technology in trains, such as steam, diesel, and electric, even monorail and high-tech maglevs!
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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But this typifies the unusual, original mix that is Caprica - 1940s fedoras, 1980s videotapes, along with maglevs, robots, and now a Cylon - old, recent, near and further future by contemporary Planet Earth standards.
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In tests, they can climb a 10 degree grade, which means a train could theoretically scale the mountain path, but in practice, maglevs only exist on flatter terrain.
unknown title 2009
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Since GA's design doesn't need the superconducting electromagnets, sophisticated electronics or heavy on-board equipment featured in many maglevs, GA claims its design will prove to be a cheaper way to levitate.
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Depending on how the electricity used to power the maglev train is generated, maglevs could be a greener form of transportation.
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In tests, they can climb a 10 degree grade, which means a train could theoretically scale the mountain path, but in practice, maglevs only exist on flatter terrain.
unknown title 2009
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Furthermore, maglevs could potentially be designed to take steeper grades or hills and, unlike cars or diesel trains that burn fossil fuel, are powered by electricity.
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Unlike most maglevs, which use computer-controlled electromagnets to create magnetic fields that keep the train hovering over the track, GA's system relies on permanent magnets -- like the ones in children's toys, only many times stronger.
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But when Chuck Schumer pulls that kind of stunt he takes crap about it from liberals while conservatives seem too busy whipping themselves into frenzies over fake pork-barrel schemes to send mice on maglevs to Disneyland to notice what’s happening.
Matthew Yglesias » Buck McKeon’s Student Loan Crony Capitalism 2009
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