Meanings
nounteleportation (plural teleportations)
plural teleportations
- Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
Synonyms: teleport, teletransportation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
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Origin
Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِنْتِقَال آنِي
- إِنْتِقَال آنِي (ʔintiqāl ʔānī)process of moving matter from one point to another
Chinese Mandarin 瞬間移動 /瞬间移动
- 瞬間移動 /瞬间移动 (shùnjiān yídòng)process of moving matter from one point to another
Danish teleportation
- teleportationprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Dutch teleportatie
- teleportatieprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Esperanto teleportado
- teleportadoprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Estonian teleportatsioon
- teleportatsioonprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Finnish teleportaatio, kaukosiirto
- teleportaatioprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- kaukosiirtoprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teleporttiprocess of moving matter from one point to another
French téléportation, télétransportation
- téléportationprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- télétransportationprocess of moving matter from one point to another
German Teleportation
- Teleportationprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Greek τηλεμεταφορά
- τηλεμεταφορά (tilemetaforá)process of moving matter from one point to another
Hebrew שִׁגּוּר, הִתְעַתְּקוּת
- שִׁגּוּר (shiggur)process of moving matter from one point to another
- הִתְעַתְּקוּת (hit'atkút)process of moving matter from one point to another
Hungarian teleportáció, teleportálás
- teleportációprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teleportálásprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Indonesian teleportasi, lipat bumi
- teleportasiprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- lipat bumiprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Italian teletrasporto, teleportazione
- teletrasportoprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teleportazioneprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Japanese 瞬間移動, テレポーテーション
- 瞬間移動 (shunkan'idō)process of moving matter from one point to another
- テレポーテーション (terepōtēshon)process of moving matter from one point to another
- テレポート (terepōto)process of moving matter from one point to another
Korean 순간이동, 텔레포테이션
- 순간이동 (sun'ganidong)process of moving matter from one point to another
- 텔레포테이션 (tellepoteisyeon)process of moving matter from one point to another
- 텔레포트 (tellepoteu)process of moving matter from one point to another
Norwegian Bokmål teleportering
- teleporteringprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Polish teleportacja
- teleportacjaprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Portuguese teletransporte, teletransportação
- teletransporteprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teletransportaçãoprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Russian телепорта́ция
- телепорта́ция (teleportácija)process of moving matter from one point to another
Spanish teletransportación, teletransporte
- teletransportaciónprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teletransporteprocess of moving matter from one point to another
- teleportaciónprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Swedish teleportering
- teleporteringprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Ukrainian телепорта́ція
- телепорта́ція (teleportácija)process of moving matter from one point to another
Vietnamese dịch chuyển tức thời
- dịch chuyển tức thờiprocess of moving matter from one point to another
Welsh telegludiad
- telegludiadprocess of moving matter from one point to another
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teleportation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleportation
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“teleportation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleportation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teleportation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleportation.
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