telpher
telpher noun: an electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
Noun
telpher (plural telphers)
- An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
- A system of transportation using telphers.
- In 1898, the ever-innovative Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway installed an overhead delivery system known as a 'telpher'. […] But the telpher at Manchester Victoria wasn't part of a crane. It was part of an extraordinary dual-railed overhead line, a little like a suspended monorail, with individually...2020 December 30, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, in Rail, page 55
Verb
telpher (third-person singular simple present telphers, present participle telphering, simple past and past participle telphered)
- To transport with a telpher.
Forms of telpher
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | telphers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | telphers |
| present participle | telphering |
| past participle | telphered |
| past | telphered |
Origin of telpher
From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).
Words formed from telpher
Phrases with telpher
Questions about telpher
- What does telpher mean?
- Telpher means an electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
- What part of speech is telpher?
- Telpher can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of telpher?
- The plural of telpher is telphers.
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