teleportation

American  

[tel-uh-pawr-tay-shuhn] / ˌtɛl ə pɔrˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

teleportations plural

1. the act of teleporting; the movement of an object through mental processes.

2. the ability to teleport.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• teleportations
  plural

Explanation

Teleportation is the hypothetical ability to move instantly from one place to another, skipping all the space in between — like jumping from your bedroom to a sunny beach in the blink of an eye. Teleportation is a concept often found in sci-fi and fantasy, where characters can find themselves traveling quickly between distant locations in less than the time it takes to snap their fingers. Teleportation is also commonly used in video games, allowing players to save time by warping between various areas. While it remains fictional for now, the idea of teleportation sparks curiosity about the future of travel and how technology could one day transform the way we move.

Example Sentences

When the novel begins, Bartholomew “Mew” Port travels in a teleportation device called a spinner from London to a futuristic or maybe alternate-reality Dublin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

There’s a teleportation device, a handsome demon played by LaKeith Stanfield and skinless stop-motion humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“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 • Jan. 5, 2026

Usually, to prevent nausea, designers use teleportation as a method for moving through digital spaces.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Spatial teleportation requires access to an STM and possession of a handheld homing device known as the EGG.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly