teleportation
noun
tele·por·ta·tion
ˌte-lə-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən 
-pər-
1
: the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis
2
in fiction
: instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space
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In the 24th century, people use teleportation to travel massive distances, including across solar systems.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Throw in some serious ideas about linguistics, quantum teleportation and human evolution, and a lot of suspense.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
In the comics, Sidewinder is the alter ego of economics professor Seth Voelker, who gains the power of teleportation via a cloak (a gift from the Egyptian god Set) and forms a criminal organization called The Serpent Society.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2024
Instead, the three theorists found that a technique called quantum teleportation, which transfers the state of one qubit to another, could in some cases create an initial state of the qubits on which the gates were sure to work.
—science.org, 10 June 2024
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Throw in some serious ideas about linguistics, quantum teleportation and human evolution, and a lot of suspense.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
In the comics, Sidewinder is the alter ego of economics professor Seth Voelker, who gains the power of teleportation via a cloak (a gift from the Egyptian god Set) and forms a criminal organization called The Serpent Society.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2024
Instead, the three theorists found that a technique called quantum teleportation, which transfers the state of one qubit to another, could in some cases create an initial state of the qubits on which the gates were sure to work.
—science.org, 10 June 2024
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“Teleportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleportation. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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