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tel·pher
(tĕl′fər)n.
1. A small traveling car, usually driven by electricity, suspended from or moving on an overhead rail or cable.
2. A transportation system using telphers.
tr.v. tel·phered, tel·pher·ing, tel·phers
To transport by telpher.
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telpher
(ˈtɛlfə) ortelfer
n
1. (Automotive Engineering) a load-carrying car in a telpherage
2. (Automotive Engineering)
a. another word for telpherage
b. (as modifier): a telpher line; a telpher system.
vb
(Automotive Engineering) (tr) to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage
[C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore]
ˈtelpheric, ˈtelferic adj
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tel•pher
(ˈtɛl fər)n.
1. a traveling unit, car, or carrier in a telpherage.
v.t. 2. to transport by means of a telpherage.
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telpher
Past participle: telphered
Gerund: telphering
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| Noun | 1. |  telpher - one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpheragetransport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation telferage, telpherage - a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity |
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