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teleferic

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tel⋅e⋅fer⋅ic

  [tel-uh-fer-ik]
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–noun Transportation.
telpher.
Also, tel⋅e⋅fe⋅rique  [tel-uh-fuh-reek] .

Origin:
1915–20; < F téléférique, téléphérique or It teleferica, both ult. < E telpher with restoration of Gk tele-; see -ic

tel⋅pher

  [tel-fer]
–noun
1. Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier in a telpherage.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to a system of telpherage.
–verb (used with object)
3. to transport by means of a telpherage.
Also, telfer.

Origin:
1880–85; alter. of telephore. See tele- 1 , -phore
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