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tel⋅pher

  [tel-fer]
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–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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tel·pher   (těl'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.

[Alteration of telepher : tele- + Greek pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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