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Teleportation

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tel⋅e⋅port

1  [tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt]
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–verb (used with object)
to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
Origin:
1950–55; back formation from teleportation, equiv. to tele- 1 + (trans)portation

Related forms:
tel⋅e⋅por⋅ta⋅tion, tel⋅e⋅por⋅tage, noun
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tel·e·por·ta·tion   (těl'ə-pôr-tā'shən, -pōr-)   
n.  A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another.

[tele- + (trans)portation.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

teleportation 
1931, as a term in psychics and science fiction, from tele- + (trans)portation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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