teleportation

noun

tele·​por·​ta·​tion ˌte-lə-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən 

-pər-

1

: the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis

2

in fiction : instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space

Examples of teleportation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That in and of itself is not quantum teleportation. —Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024

How does this become an important lever in quantum teleportation? —Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024

Call of Duty players will be able to access charge jump, electric shockwave, laser vision, and teleportation powers in-game with various Temp V cartridges. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 July 2023

The film explores the tragic romance between scientist Seth (Jeff Goldblum) and journalist Ronnie (Geena Davis), whose relationship becomes complicated when Seth accidentally fuses himself with a housefly while experimenting with a teleportation device. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023

Things like superposition, entanglement, and even teleportation all seem possible when things go quantum. —Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023

Hence the name teleportation, first demonstrated in the 1990s. —The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2023

And then there are the kitty cats, starting with Kamala’s tabby, who comes along with her on that first teleportation and vomits out a hairball of writhing purple tentacles, which swallow up whatever’s around them before snapping back into the cat’s mouth. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023

In quantum teleportation, physicists use a set of quantum manipulations to send information between two particles — inches or miles apart — that are entangled in a pair, without the physicists knowing what the message is. —Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022

Word History

Etymology

tele- + transportation

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1