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Teleportation, or ''Teletransportation'', is the theoretical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject of science fiction literature, film, and television. ==Etymology== The use of the term ''teleport'' to describe the hypothetical movement of material objects between one place and another without physically traversing the distance between them has been documented as early as 1878.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu (Hawaii )) 1865-1918, October 23, 1878, Image 4 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=29 Jun 1878 - THE LATEST WONDER. )〕 American writer Charles Fort is credited with having coined the word ''teleportation'' in 1931〔"less well-known is the fact that Charles Fort coined the word in 1931" in Rickard, B. and Michell, J. ''Unexplained Phenomena: a Rough Guide special'' (Rough Guides, 2000 (ISBN 1-85828-589-5), p.3)〕 to describe the strange disappearances and appearances of anomalies, which he suggested may be connected. As in the earlier usage, he joined the Greek prefix ''tele-'' (meaning "distant") to the root of the Latin verb ''portare'' (meaning "to carry"). Fort's first formal use of the word occurred in the second chapter of his 1931 book, ''Lo!'':
Fort suggested that teleportation might explain various allegedly paranormal phenomena. It is unknown whether Fort was familiar with the earlier usage of 'teleport'. The word ''teletransportation'', which expands Fort's abbreviated term, was first employed in Derek Parfit's teletransportation paradox, a thought exercise on identity published in the 1984 book Reasons and Persons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teleportation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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