Jump to content

telebooth

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From tele- +‎ booth.

Noun

[edit]

telebooth (plural telebooths)

  1. (science fiction) A booth from which one can teleport to another location.
    • 2005, J. E. Hoyes, The Empath of Amneshah, Book One: Turba, page 3:
      One point three parsecs from Earth a heartbeat was being monitored by an Amneshahn telebooth.
    • 2007, Charles Edward Harris, Suns of God, page 196:
      We have telebooths that take us considerable distances in an instant.