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teleportation

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance

History

Etymology

Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِنْتِقَال آنِي (ʔintiqāl ʔānī) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Azerbaijani: teleportasiya — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Azerbaijani: teyyülərz — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞬間移動 /瞬间移动 (shùnjiān yídòng) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Danish: teleportation — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Dutch: teleportatie — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Esperanto: teleportado — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Estonian: teleportatsioon — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Finnish: teleportaatio — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Finnish: kaukosiirto — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Finnish: teleportti — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • French: téléportation — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • French: télétransportation — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Georgian: ტელეპორტაცია (ṭeleṗorṭacia) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • German: Teleportation — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Greek: τηλεμεταφορά (tilemetaforá) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Hebrew: שִׁגּוּר (shiggur) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Hebrew: הִתְעַתְּקוּת (hit'atkút) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Hungarian: teleportáció — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Hungarian: teleportálás — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Indonesian: teleportasi — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Indonesian: lipat bumi — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Italian: teletrasporto — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Italian: teleportazione — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Japanese: 瞬間移動 (shunkan'idō) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Japanese: テレポーテーション (terepōtēshon) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Japanese: テレポート (terepōto) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Korean: 순간이동 (sun'ganidong) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Korean: 텔레포테이션 (tellepoteisyeon) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Korean: 텔레포트 (tellepoteu) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teleportering — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Polish: teleportacja — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Portuguese: teletransporte — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Portuguese: teletransportação — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Russian: телепорта́ция (teleportácija) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Slovene: teleportacija — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Spanish: teletransportación — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Spanish: teletransporte — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Spanish: teleportación — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Swedish: teleportering — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Ukrainian: телепорта́ція (teleportácija) — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Vietnamese: dịch chuyển tức thời — process of moving matter from one point to another
  • Welsh: telegludiad — process of moving matter from one point to another