transmatEtymologyAttested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.nounA teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.“One of these days.., they'll invent a Transmat that'll set you down anywhere.”verbTo teleport; to (cause to) travel via transmat device.“It wasn't far enough away to think about transmatting and besides, that was no longer a viable option, what with vandals having wrecked some of the booths in the area.”