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单词 telpherage
释义

telpherage

[ tel-fer-ij ]
/ ˈtɛl fər ɪdʒ /

noun

a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, especially one operated by electricity.
Sometimes tel·fer·age .

Origin of telpherage

First recorded in 1880–85; telpher + -age

Words nearby telpherage

telomerization, telophase, telos, telotaxis, telpher, telpherage, telson, telsontail, Telstar, Telugu, Telukbetung
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for telpherage

  • This shop contains six down-draught forges and one drop-hammer, and is also served by the telpherage system.

    The New York Subway|Anonymous
  • Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for telpherage

telpherage

telferage

/ (ˈtɛlfərɪdʒ) /

noun

an overhead transport system in which an electrically driven truck runs along a single rail or cable, the load being suspended in a separate car beneathAlso called: telpher line, telpher
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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