Teleportation

Teleportation is supposed to be the transfer of matter from one point to another, more or less instantaneously, either by alchemy, paranormal means or through technological means. Teleportation has been widely utilized in works of science fiction. There is no evidence that such a phenomenon exists. Apport is an earlier word used to describe much the same thing; bilocation is where an individual or object is supposed to be, or appears to be, locat... more
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