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telpher |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. (Elec.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. [Gr. ? far far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin. {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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: telpher n : one of the units (or cars) in a telpherage [syn: {telfer}]
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