telpher

or tel·fer

[ tel-fer ]

noun

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

adjective

1. of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

1. to transport by means of a telpherage.

telpher

/ 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

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˈtelpheric, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher¹

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

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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