telpher

American  

[tel-fer] / ˈtɛl fər /

Or telfer

noun

1. Also a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.

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adjective

1. of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

1. to transport by means of a telpherage.

telpher British  

/ ˈtɛlfə /

noun

1. a load-carrying car in a telpherage

2. 1. another word for telpherage

   2. ( as modifier )

      a telpher line

      a telpher system

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verb

1. (tr) to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage

Other Word Forms

• telpheric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of telpher

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

telpher

From the telpher are suspended carriers which can be adapted to any kind of material.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Each telpher occupied the space between two bents, about 10 ft., so that the entire bank commanded a length of 80 ft., which was approximately the length of a rock scow between bulkheads.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 by George C. Clarke

The telpher itself consists of a light two-wheeled truck, carrying the driving motors, which, to avoid gearing or other complicated mechanism, are usually coupled directly to the axles of the telpher.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Puddle what material there is in the forms, dump the telpher buckets where they stand, and clean out the mixers; that's the size of the job, and it's got to be done.

From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde

In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 by George C. Clarke

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