tel·pher (t l f r)n. 1. A small traveling car, usually driven by electricity, suspended from or moving on an overhead rail or cable. 2. A transportation system using telphers. tr.v. tel·phered, tel·pher·ing, tel·phers To transport by telpher. [Alteration of telepher : tele- + Greek pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
telpher, telfer [ˈtɛlfə]
n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a load-carrying car in a telpherage
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)
a. another word for telpherage
b. (as modifier) a telpher line a telpher system
vb
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage
[changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore]
telpheric , telferic adj
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| Noun | 1. |  telpher - one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpheragetransport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity |
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