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

Examples of teleportation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But after audiences fell hard for her, Summer quickly became an essential ingredient in The O.C. While Bilson found major big-screen roles in Zach Braff’s The Last Kiss (2006) and the Hayden Christensen teleportation thriller Jumper (2008), television has remained her primary home. —Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025

The superstar stepped into his makeshift teleportation machine on Sunday evening with a packed party at the Caribbean Social Club, better known as Toñitas. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025

Despite the sci-fi connotation of the word teleportation, there’s nothing mystical or other-worldly about it, either. —Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025

The entangled states then enabled a quantum data transfer process called teleportation. —Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

tele- + transportation

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for teleportation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration