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telferage

telferage is the alternative form of telpherage.

Meaning of telpherage

Noun

telpherage (countable and uncountable, plural telpherages)

  1. An automated transportation system powered by electricity, especially a cable car used to transport minerals or other goods.
    • I am almost afraid to speak of the probable uses to which telpherage may be put.1883, Fleming Jenkin, “On Telpherage”, in Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, volume 29, page 511

Forms of telferage

pluraltelferages

Questions about telferage

What is telferage the alternative form of?
Telferage is the alternative form of telpherage.

Words near telferage in the dictionary

  1. telfairic acid
  2. Telfairs
  3. Telfeian
  4. Telfeians
  5. telfer
  6. telferage
  7. telferages
  8. telfers
  9. Telfeyan
  10. Telfeyans
  11. Telford

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telferage (page history and authors); telpherage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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