What does telpher mean?
Definitions for telpher
ˈtɛl fərtelpher
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Princeton's WordNet
telpher, telfernoun
one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
Wiktionary
telphernoun
An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
telphernoun
A system of transportation using telphers.
telpherverb
To transport with a telpher.
ChatGPT
telpher
A telpher is a system of transportation in which vehicles or individual carriages are powered by electricity and suspended from overhead cables. It is commonly used for moving goods or materials in places such as mines, factories, or warehouses.
Webster Dictionary
Telphernoun
a contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Telpher
tel′fėr, 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. [Framed from tel(egraph)—Gr. tēle, far, pherein, to carry.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of telpher in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of telpher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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