teleportation
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tel·e·por·ta·tion
(tĕl′ə-pôr-tā′shən)n.
A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter is converted into minute particles or into energy at one point and re-created in original form at another.
[tele- + (trans)portation.]
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Noun | 1. | teleportation - a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another science fiction - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society |
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