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TELEPORTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("teleportation" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Domain category:
science fiction (literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society)
Derivation:
teleport (transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another)