teleportation
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
Etymology
Prefix from English transportation.
Origin
English
transportation
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitransportation English
- biotransportation English
- chronoportation English
- cotransportation English
- evapotransportation English
- nontransportation English
- teleportational English
- teletransportation English
- transport English
- transportation English
- transportation safety board English
- transportational English
- テレポーテーション Japanese