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transmats

transmats is the plural of transmat.

transmats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transmat.

Meaning of transmat

Noun

transmat (plural transmats)

  1. (UK) 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.1959 June, Laurence Janifer, “Obey that Impulse!”, in Future Science Fiction, number 43, page 40

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Questions about transmats

What is transmats the plural of?
Transmats is the plural of transmat.

Words near transmats in the dictionary

  1. transmasculinity
  2. transmastoid
  3. transmastoidal
  4. transmat
  5. transmaternal
  6. transmats
  7. transmatted
  8. transmatting
  9. transmaxx
  10. transmaxxed
  11. transmaxxes

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