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telpher
[ tel-fer ]
noun
- Also . a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
adjective
- of or relating to a system of telpherage.
verb (used with object)
- to transport by means of a telpherage.
telpher
/ ˈtɛlfə /
noun
- a load-carrying car in a telpherage
- another word for telpherage
- ( as modifier )
a telpher line
a telpher system
verb
- tr to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage
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Derived Forms
- ˈtelpheric, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of telpher1
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Example Sentences
Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.
By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.
In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.
At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.
A telpher line on his system was subsequently erected at Glynde in Sussex.
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