telpher

or tel·fer

[ tel-fer ]

/ ˈtɛl fər /

noun

Also teleferic . 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.

Origin of telpher

1880–85; alteration of telephore.See tele-¹, -phore

Words nearby telpher

telomere, telomerization, telophase, telos, telotaxis, telpher, telpherage, telson, telsontail, Telstar, Telugu

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Example sentences from the Web for telpher

In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|George C. Clarke
Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|James H. Brace and Francis Mason

From the telpher are suspended carriers which can be adapted to any kind of material.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for telpher

telpher

telfer

/ (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

Derived forms of telpher

telpheric or telferic, adjective

Word Origin for telpher

C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore

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单词	telpher
释义	telpher or tel·fer [ tel-fer ] / ˈtɛl fər / noun Also teleferic . 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. Origin of telpher 1880–85; alteration of telephore.See tele-¹, -phore Words nearby telpher telomere, telomerization, telophase, telos, telotaxis, telpher, telpherage, telson, telsontail, Telstar, Telugu Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for telpher In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|George C. Clarke Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point. The Romance of Modern Mechanism\|Archibald Williams At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910\|James H. Brace and Francis Mason From the telpher are suspended carriers which can be adapted to any kind of material. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3\|Various British Dictionary definitions for telpher telpher telfer / (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 Derived forms of telpher telpheric or telferic, adjective Word Origin for telpher C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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