teleportation
Americannoun
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the act of teleporting; the movement of an object through mental processes.
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the ability to teleport.
Example Sentences
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The comments section turned to heavy sarcasm, with several gamblers asking whether the U.S. somehow used a “teleportation device” to extract Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores without actually invading the country.
From MarketWatch
“Fire, it turns out, can be a remarkable time machine,” he writes, “a curious form of teleportation into the past and future all at once.”
From Los Angeles Times
To take advantage of quantum teleportation, scientists are designing quantum repeaters that can renew quantum information before it disappears in the fiber.
From Science Daily
To initiate spatial teleportation, the traveler enters the STM with the EGG and designates their chosen timeprint.
From Literature
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Usually, to prevent nausea, designers use teleportation as a method for moving through digital spaces.
From Science Daily
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