Telpher
[telfә]
Definition
(n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.—n. Tel′pherage a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system the presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric energy to the section behind any mode of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity.
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