transmat
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transmat
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Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
noun transmats · trans-mat
- A 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.
verb transmats · transmatting · transmatted · trans-mat
- To 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.
Talk about this word "transmat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/transmat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. transmat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/transmat "transmat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/transmat.Cite this
@misc{transmat_2026,
title = {transmat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transmat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
