Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chronoportation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chrono-por-ta-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one temporal (and possibly spatial) point to another, generally instantaneously.

Uncountable

noun

A technique to send one's mind to another time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1961: Analog Science Fact and Fiction, Volume 67, Issue 4, "The Judas Bug" by Kelly Freas Too bad that chronoportation is not yet fully developed. If it were, we could go back and perhaps help the old professor figure out a gimmick for storing his universal solvent."
"1988:Robert Crossley, introduction to Kindred by Octavia Butler Perhaps Butler deliberately sacrificed the neat closure that a scientific--or even pseudo-scientific--explanation of telekinesis and chronoportation would have given her novel."

Etymology

Coined from chrono- + teleportation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chrono

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

chronoportations (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does chronoportation mean?: Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one temporal (and possibly spatial) point to another, generally instantaneously.
Where does chronoportation come from?: Coined from chrono- + teleportation.

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