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telpher

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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tel=pher

CIDE DICTIONARY

telphern. [Gr. far, far off + fe`rein to bear.].
  •  A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.  Fleeming Jenkin.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

telpher, n. a system for transporting goods etc. by electrically driven trucks or cable-cars.

Derivative
telpherage n.
Etymology
TELE- + -PHORE

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