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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -telpher-, *telpher*
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
telpher
telphers

WordNet (3.0)
telpher(n) one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage, Syn. telfer
telpherage(n) a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity, Syn. telferage

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Telpher

n. [ Gr. &unr_; far, far off + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]


Telpher line, or
Telpher road
, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Telpherage

n. 1. The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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