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Definition of teleportation
1 : the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis
2 in fiction : instantaeous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space
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This matters for reasons beyond the fact that teleportation is just sublimely cool.
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Quantum teleportation is seen as the basis for unimaginably high-speed communication and foolproof cryptography.
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The clip also features his sidekick, a huge bulldog with teleportation powers.
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For comparison, the fiber optic method for quantum teleportation couldn't get a New York photon much farther than Trenton, New Jersey.
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A: TeleportationQ: Who is your favorite music artist?
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A: Teleportation Q: Who is your favorite music artist?
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Taylor-Joy will play Illyana Rasputin, code-named Magik, a girl who has learned sorcery and uses teleportation discs to travel.
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Much of what's in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy remains firmly in the world of science fiction: the ability to travel faster than the speed of light, teleportation, polite doors with personalities.
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Origin and Etymology of teleportation
tele- + transportation
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