TELPHER
\tə͡lfˈɜː], \təlfˈɜː], \t_əl_f_ˈɜː]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
By Noah Webster.
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tel'f[.e]r, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.--n. TEL'PHERAGE, a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric energy to the section behind, any mode of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity. [Framed from tel(egraph)--Gr. t[=e]le, far, pherein, to carry.]
By Thomas Davidson