teleportation
See also: téléportation
English
editEtymology
editCoined by Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation.
Noun
editteleportation (plural teleportations)
- Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editprocess of moving matter from one point to another
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