telpher

or tel·fer

[ tel-fer ]

/ ˈtɛl fər /

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noun

Also teleferic . 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.

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Origin of telpher

1880–85; alteration of telephore.See tele-¹, -phore

Words nearby telpher

telomere, telomerization, telophase, telos, telotaxis, telpher, telpherage, telson, telsontail, Telstar, Telugu

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How to use telpher in a sentence

Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|George C. Clarke
At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace and Francis Mason

A telpher line on his system was subsequently erected at Glynde in Sussex.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for telpher

telpher

telfer

/ (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

Derived forms of telpher

telpheric or telferic, adjective

Word Origin for telpher

C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore

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