Noun: teleportation ,te-li,por'tey-shun or ,te-li-pu(r)'tey-shun
- (science fiction) a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
"Teleportation was a common method of travel in the futuristic novel"
Derived forms: teleportations
Type of: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
Encyclopedia: Teleportation