teleportation

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  1. noun A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another.

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  • But if the fire-lizards are capable of the teleportation, the dragons will be, too. —  Dragons Dawn
  • I visualize the source and target locations as when doing personal teleportation, that is, I visualize the fridge drawer and the tabletop in the living room. —  Asimov'sSF,August2008
  • The number of measurements needed for such teleportation is the logarithm of the degree of system complexity, which keeps the needed number of measurements fairly small. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
  • There are some engineering details here than need to be worked out Wormhole Teleportation This brings us to wormhole teleportation, which is the premise of Jumper . —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
  • Which means that alien life forms, teleportation, a deadly virus, corruption at the top levels of government and some massive corporate conspiracy must be involved! —  Salon
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