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Telpherage

Telpherage Meaning & Definition
Telpherage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Telpherage?

[n] a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Telpherage: telferage

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See Also | telfer | telpher | transit | transportation | transportation system

Telpherage In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Tel"pher*age\, n. The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.

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