teleportation
noun
tele·por·ta·tion
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Definition of teleportation
1
: the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis
2
in fiction
: instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space
Examples of teleportation in a Sentence
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In a classic mad scientist tale, Jeff Goldblum invents a teleportation device but uses it without realizing a fly has gotten into the machine with him. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Best '80s Horror Movies That Are Still Terrifying Today," 4 Sep. 2019 Quantum teleportation moves one quantum state to another. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "World's First Complex Quantum Teleportation Paves the Way for Next-Gen Computing," 23 Aug. 2019 That’s done by punching them out of the circle or using a gadget such a the Port-a-Pal, a teleportation grenade. — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, "Preview: ‘Vicious Circle’ is a cutthroat version of ‘Evolve’ that’s way more fun," 3 July 2019 The phenomenon underlies quantum computing, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. — Quanta Magazine, "Time’s Arrow Traced to Quantum Source," 16 Apr. 2014 Remarkably, Gao, Jafferis and Wall noticed that their scenario is mathematically equivalent to a process called quantum teleportation, which is key to quantum cryptography and can be demonstrated in laboratory experiments. — Quanta Magazine, "Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes," 23 Oct. 2017 That makes teleportation a really risky and downright ridiculous prediction. — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "How to See the Future," 15 Aug. 2016 Love is, perhaps unsurprisingly, one of them — but so is teleportation. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "LCD Soundsystem’s new music video is basically a Rian Johnson short film," 27 Sep. 2018 In a classic mad scientist tale, Jeff Goldblum invents a teleportation device but uses it without realizing a fly has gotten into the machine with him. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Best '80s Horror Movies That Are Still Terrifying Today," 23 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'teleportation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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