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

Etymology

Origin of telpher

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

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

At the South Shaft the cement was delivered to this floor from the loading platform through a spiral steel chute; at the North Shaft it was lowered in buckets by the telpher.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.

Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.

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

The speed of the telpher may be readily regulated by the introduction of a resistance between any section of the line and the supply of electricity.

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

At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.