teleferic
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of teleferic
1915–20; < French téléf érique, téléphérique or Italian teleferica, both ultimately < English telpher with restoration of Greek tele-; see -ic
Example Sentences
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Often they have no link with the world below but a precipitous climb or a "teleferic" wire.
From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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