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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To transport by teleportation.

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  • verb intransitive To travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points.
  • verb transitive To move an object in this fashion, as by telekinesis.
  • noun science fiction A teleporter.
  • noun A satellite ground station.

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  • verb transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from teleportation.]

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Back-formation from teleportation.

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