magnetbana

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of magnet (“magnet”) +‎ bana (“track”).

Noun

magnetbana c

  1. A maglev (track); a system of (train) tracks which use magnetism for levitation.
    • 2005 June 7, Göteborgs-Posten, quoted in Korp – the corpus infrastructure of Språkbanken:
      Det blir möjligt om regeringen förverkligar planer på en magnetbana.
      It will be possible if the government implements plans for a maglev.
    • 2015 January 29, Kristina Petersen, “Eleverna föreslår svävande fordon [The pupils suggest hovering vehicles]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Vi vill bygga maglevtåg på pelare i Göteborg. I och med att tågen går på magnetbana blir det ingen friktion och då kan man köra med höga hastigheter, säger han.
      We want to build maglev trains on pillars in Gothenburg. As the trains run on a magnetic track, there is no friction and then you can drive at high speeds, he says.
    • 2022, 24:45 from the start, in Karl Hårding, transl., Avatar: The Way of Water, spoken by OPS Centre Personnel (Sean Fleming):
      De slog till mot en magnetbana i förrgår.
      They hit a maglev two days ago.

Declension
Declension of magnetbana 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative magnetbana magnetbanan magnetbanor magnetbanorna
Genitive magnetbanas magnetbanans magnetbanors magnetbanornas

See also
  • maglev (“maglev”)
  • magnettåg (“maglev train”)
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