Transmat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Transmat is a noun meaning (British, science fiction, ambitransitive) To teleport; to (cause to) travel via transmat device.
Meaning
(British, science fiction, ambitransitive) To teleport; to (cause to) travel via transmat device.
More Meanings
- (British, science fiction) A teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.
Example Sentences
LYNDA: Oh, that's the transmat. Scrambles your head — I was sick for days.
One of these days.., they'll invent a Transmat that'll set you down anywhere.
You are in a TRANS-MAT unit. You see a faulty control panel with a button on it.
Donna twisted her neck around to try to find the Doctor, but she realised that she'd been transmatted alone.
Word Forms
- transmats
- trans-mat
- transmatting
- transmatted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teletransporter, transporter, teleporter, teleport, teletransportation, teleportal.
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