teleport
English
Etymology
Back-formation from teleportation.
Pronunciation
Verb
teleport (third-person singular simple present teleports, present participle teleporting, simple past and past participle teleported)
- (intransitive) To travel, often instantaneously, from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
- 1980, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
- I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie's heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.
- (transitive) To move (an object) in this fashion, as by telekinesis.
Synonyms
- (to travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance): beam
Related terms
Translations
travel without physically crossing distance
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move an object by teleportation
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Noun
teleport (plural teleports)
- (science fiction) A teleporter.
- A satellite ground station.
- 2004, D. K. Sachdev, Business Strategies For Satellite Systems, page 131:
- Teleports provide access to multiple satellites and other media as well. Independently owned teleports may also provide competitive access to different satellite systems.
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