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Definition of "teleportation" [teleportation]

  • A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "teleportation" in a sentence
  • "When teleportation is not available I'd probably install weaponry that permanently incapacitates the intruders, preferably by decapitation."
  • "This kind of "strong" teleportation is required for some quantum information applications, and could lead to the teleportation of quantum images."
  • "Brita then appears by the bushes and we learn that teleportation is her power."