# transmat

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
Attested since the 1950s, from transmit or transfer and matter; perhaps popularized by the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/transmat