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Telepathy
//tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi// noun
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Noun
- 1 The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. uncountable, usually
"Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017."
- 2 apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions wordnet
Etymology
From tele- + -pathy.
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