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Telpherage : (noun)
1: a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are
suspended from cables and operated on electricity [syn: telferage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Telpherage : \Tel"pher*age\, n. (Elec.)
Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of
carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the
power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on
which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied
to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Telpherage : \Tel"pher*age\, n.
The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
--Fleeming Jenkin.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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