teleport

[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt]

verb (used with object)

to transport (a body) by telekinesis.

Origin of teleport

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

Related formstel·e·por·ta·tion, tel·e·por·tage, noun

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Contemporary Examples of teleportation

In California, he also becomes entangled in a complex government scheme surrounding research on the teleportation device.
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The oversized, exuberant, and farcical plot of The Teleportation Device is more entertaining than any summary can convey.
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Historical Examples of teleportation

"Teleportation is the descriptive term in your language, I believe," said Venor.
Cubs of the Wolf
Raymond F. Jones
You wouldn't move, because it wouldn't be teleportation at all.
The Galaxy Primes
Edward Elmer Smith
Is she—convinced that teleportation's no good, the way Mike is?
Out Like a Light
Gordon Randall Garrett
He was thinking vaguely of teleportation; each boulder was a two-man job.
The Syndic
C.M. Kornbluth
In capturing them, Malone, too, had learned the teleportation secret.
Occasion for Disaster
Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for teleportation

teleport

verb

(tr) (in science fiction) to transport (a person or object) across a distance instantaneously

Derived Formsteleportation, noun

Word Origin for teleport

C20: from tele- + port 5

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Word Origin and History for teleportation

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

teleport

1940, in reference to religious miracles, from tele- + ending from transport. Related: Teleported; teleporter; teleporting.