telpherage
/ˈtɛlfəɹɪd͡ʒ/
telpherage noun: an automated transportation system powered by electricity, especially a cable car used to transport minerals or other goods.
Noun
telpherage (countable and uncountable, plural telpherages)
- 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
- the coming of the snows is no longer the year's curse but its promise, awaited eagerly for its influx of moneyed seekers after wintertime recreation, when the shining strands of telpherage have subdued every mountainside, and all is festival and wholesome sport and eugenically chosen stock2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1125
Forms of telpherage
| plural | telpherages |
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Origin of telpherage
From telpher + -age.
Questions about telpherage
- What does telpherage mean?
- Telpherage means an automated transportation system powered by electricity, especially a cable car used to transport minerals or other goods.
- What part of speech is telpherage?
- Telpherage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce telpherage?
- Telpherage is pronounced /ˈtɛlfəɹɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of telpherage?
- The plural of telpherage is telpherages.
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