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chronoportation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one temporal (and possibly spatial) point to another, generally instantaneously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 1961: Analog Science Fact and Fiction, Volume 67, Issue 4, "The Judas Bug" by Kelly Freas Too bad that chronoportation is not yet fully developed. If it were, we could go back and perhaps help the old professor figure out a gimmick for storing his universal solvent.
  • 1988:Robert Crossley, introduction to Kindred by Octavia Butler Perhaps Butler deliberately sacrificed the neat closure that a scientific--or even pseudo-scientific--explanation of telekinesis and chronoportation would have given her novel.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A technique to send one's mind to another time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

Coined from chrono- + teleportation.