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telferage

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tel⋅fer

  [tel-fer]
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–noun, adjective, verb (used with object)
telpher.
Related forms:
tel⋅fer⋅age, noun

tel⋅pher⋅age

  [tel-fer-ij]
–noun
a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, esp. one operated by electricity.
Also, telferage.

Origin:
1880–85; telpher + -age
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telferage

noun
a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity [syn: telpherage] 
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