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telpher
or tel·fer
[ tel-fer ]
noun
- Also . a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
adjective
- of or relating to a system of telpherage.
verb (used with object)
- to transport by means of a telpherage.
telpher
/ ˈtɛlfə /
noun
- a load-carrying car in a telpherage
- another word for telpherage
- ( as modifier )
a telpher line
a telpher system
verb
- tr to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage
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Derived Forms
- ˈtelpheric, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of telpher1
C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore
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Example Sentences
Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.
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By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.
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In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.
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At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.
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A telpher line on his system was subsequently erected at Glynde in Sussex.
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