Meaning of transmat | Babel Free

Definitions

A teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.

British

Examples

“One of these days.., they'll invent⟳ a Transmat that'll set⟳ you down anywhere.”

“Three lines of workers began to vanish into the transmats, heading for their homes in the android compounds of five continents, […]”

“TIME LORD: Ah. Welcome⟳, Doctor. DOCTOR: What's going on? Don't you realize⟳ how dangerous it is to intercept a transmat beam? TIME LORD: Oh, come⟳, Doctor, not with our techniques. We Time Lords transcended such simple mechanical devices when the universe was less than half its present⟳ size.”

“You are in a TRANS-MAT unit. You see⟳ a faulty control⟳ panel with a button on it.”

“LYNDA: Oh, that's the transmat. Scrambles your head — I was sick for days.”

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