teleportation means any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Why this word is great
TELEPORTATION — [Noun] The hypothetical conveyance of matter from one location to another without traversing the intervening physical space. Coined in English (1931) by Charles Fort from tele- (Greek, meaning "at a distance") and the ending of transportation (from Latin portare, "to carry"). Unlike "transportation," which implies a vehicle, a duration, and the weary negotiation of miles, or "apparition," which suggests a ghostly, insubstantial breach of natural law, teleportation is a stubbornly materialist fantasy—the body itself, not a soul or a specter, demanding the privileges of a photon. It is the silent pop of air rushing to fill a sudden vacuum, the coffee cup appearing warm in your hand without a trip to the kitchen, and the visceral shock of a hand on your shoulder from a man you just saw across the city; it proposes that the ultimate luxury is not speed, but the abolition of distance, and with it, the quiet tragedy of having been anywhere at all.
noun
- Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.