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telpher


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Telpher  \Tel"pher\,  n.  (Elec.) 
  Specif.,  the  equipment  or  apparatus  used  in  a  system  of 
  electric  transportation  by  means  of  carriages  which  are 
  suspended  on  an  overhead  conductor,  as  of  wire. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Telpher  \Tel"pher\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  far  far  off  +  ?  to  bear.]  (Elec.) 
  A  contrivance  for  the  conveyance  of  vehicles  or  loads  by 
  means  of  electricity.  --Fleeming  Jenkin. 
 
  {Telpher  line},  or  {Telpher  road},  an  electric  line  or  road 
  over  which  vehicles  for  carrying  loads  are  moved  by 
  electric  engines  actuated  by  a  current  conveyed  by  the 
  line 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  telpher 
  n  :  one  of  the  units  (or  cars)  in  a  telpherage  [syn:  {telfer}] 




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