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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Telpherage (0.00743 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Telpherage.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: telpherage
telpherage
n : a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are
suspended from cables and operated on electricity [syn:
telferage]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Telpherage
Telpherage
\Tel"pher*age\, 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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