Editing Stargate (device) (section)

{{short description|Portal device within the Stargate fictional universe}}
{{other uses|Stargate (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox fictional artifact
| name            = Stargate
| image           = SG1stargate.jpg
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| alt             = picture of a round portal gate
| caption         = A Stargate from ''Stargate SG-1''
| source          = Stargate
| source_type     = franchise
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| first           = [[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]
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| first_type      = film
| date            = 1994
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| genre           = [[Science fiction]]
| type            = Wormhole
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| uses            = Interstellar travel
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{{Spatial anomalies in fiction}}
A '''Stargate''' is a fictional [[Einstein–Rosen bridge]] portal device within the ''Stargate'' [[fictional universe]] that allows practical, point-to-point near instantaneous travel between two distant locations with an "address".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAHgB-k-jD8 Stargate: Instructional videos by Daniel Jackson</ref> The devices first appeared in the 1994 [[Roland Emmerich]] film ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'', and thereafter in the television series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Stargate Infinity]]'', ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', ''[[Stargate Universe]]'', and ''[[Stargate Origins]]''. In these productions, the Stargate functions as a [[plot device]], allowing the main characters to visit alien planets without the need for spaceships or any other type of technology. The device allows for near-instantaneous [[teleportation]] across both [[interstellar space|interstellar]] and [[extragalactic]] distances.