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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tel·e·port

2 [tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt]
noun
a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.

Origin:
1980–85; tele-1 + port1

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teleport (ˈtɛlɪˌpɔːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Main Entry:  teleport1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person who practices teleportation
Main Entry:  teleport2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a satellite communications system that transmits data; also the stationary earth station that interfaces with this
Main Entry:  teleport
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to transfer or transmit instantaneously without physically traversing the space in between but rather by psychic or advanced technological means
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Example sentences
End-to-end solutions may also include service enabling components such as terminals, teleport, and terrestrial tail circuits.
Telling people to get in there personal transporters and teleport to the moon so they could watch the landing live.
In the brain upload scenario, the same holds true as the teleport example.
And if he's shaking your hand while he teleports, you teleport along with him.
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