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Teleportation

[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt] Origin

tel·e·port

1[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt]
verb (used with object)
to transport (a body) by telekinesis.

Origin:
1950–55; back formation from teleportation, equivalent to tele-1 + (trans)portation

tel·e·por·ta·tion, tel·e·por·tage, noun
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teleport (ˈtɛlɪˌpɔːt)
 
vb
(tr) (in science fiction) to transport (a person or object) across a distance instantaneously
 
[C20: from tele- + port5]
 
telepor'tation
 
n

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teleportation
1931, as a term in psychics and science fiction, from tele- + (trans)portation.
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