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telpherages

telpherages is the plural 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

Questions about telpherages

What is telpherages the plural of?
Telpherages is the plural of telpherage.

Words near telpherages in the dictionary

  1. telpher line
  2. telpher lines
  3. telpher road
  4. telpher roads
  5. telpherage
  6. telpherages
  7. telphered
  8. telpheric
  9. telphering
  10. telpherman
  11. telphermen

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